Lew <> wrote: > I feel that Vince is right with the additional suspicion that since > str() was once the workhorse of ryo reporting (before reportwriters), > fox sees it, at least partially, as a memvar & not just a function. > My idea being that alltim'ing a string that's 10 chars long doesn't > do anything. FoxBase paired it with numeric types (also default width > 10) which also have a kind of mixed lineage: width & decimals values > are more related to appearance than internal storage.
I think that your confusing technology here, in that str(int) = len() of 10. Alltrim() is a function, but the SQL engine disguards it because it's to costly to use. You want speed, or do you want it pretty? Stephen Russell DBA / Operations Developer Memphis TN 38115 901.246-0159 http://spaces.msn.com/members/srussell/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.1/389 - Release Date: 7/14/2006 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
