Re: %len bif on fields > 65535

[Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If that is indeed true then I would say it is a bug Brad.


Jon P

> On Dec 12, 2022, at 9:39 PM, Brad Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This is sort of a followup to my question about the base64 decode routines
> bombing.
>
> I found the problem is when I use %len(%trimr(field)) and field size is
> char > 65535 this will always return 65535 instead of the actual length (in
> this case it's about 125k).
>
> I can't find anything in the docs about this.
>
> I'm sure I'm missing something... ideas?  In this case I defined the field
> as char(500000) for a test.
>
> I tried setting it as varying and still the same result when using %len().
> Always get 65535.
>
> Bradley V. Stone
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