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Old 04-07-04, 05:28
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Inserting chars

Does anyone know
what happens to the
rest of the character string
if you insert 3 charcters into
a, for example, 6 character field ??

Do they become blanks (ascii hex 20) or what?

Thanks in advance
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Old 04-07-04, 06:48
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Re: Inserting chars

absolutely right ...


You can use the HEX function to see this

HEX(charcol)


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Does anyone know
what happens to the
rest of the character string
if you insert 3 charcters into
a, for example, 6 character field ??

Do they become blanks (ascii hex 20) or what?

Thanks in advance
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Old 04-07-04, 09:21
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Talking Re: Inserting chars

Thanks for the fast reply

Big help
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