Gary wrote:
> 1. Have you tried changing the field type to a Blob, even just to try and
> see if the effect is the same.
Definitely wanted to avoid that. <g>
> 2. How big is the field. Varchar's over 255 characters in length are
> treated as TMemofields somewhere ( I think it is in the BDE, but cannot be
> sure - its too early in the morning for that!! ) .
Only 20 chars.
Thanks for the suggestions.
For now, I've implemented a calculated-field-type kludge along
the lines of "when we fetch data from THAT field, run an IBO
DSQL lookup on the same table and grab it from there instead!"
The BDE-based dataset supplies all the other fields.
Not in the least elegant, but the performance is adequate for the
purpose to which it is being put.
cheers,
peter
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