Re: just curious - Number of Parms(numeric zip codes and other cr imes against nature)

> >Why yes there is a solution for printing.
> >Use one large character field and concatenate
> >the individual fields together using the %Trim Biff.
>
> Good point, but what happens when the combined fields "overlap" the stuff
> that follows?  Or, let's say we're defining DESC as VARCHAR:
> Qty Product  Description              Price
>   1 CODE400  PC based editor        $300.00
>   1 OS400    Operating system for IBM AS/400 computer system
>
> I still need the real estate for the largest possible field if I want to
> keep my formatting intact.  Of course we could allocate enough space for
the
> average size instead of the maximum...

Using your example, I would aim to output the following:

 Qty Product  Description              Price
   1 CODE400  PC based editor        $300.00
   1 OS400    Operating system for $30000.00
              IBM AS/400 computer
              system

Naturally, I would hope to have a _little_ more real estate to work with!

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Paul

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