How to obtain length of a field

hav

Hi all,
Does any onw of you know how to obtain the length of a field belonging to a given record. If yes, pls let me know.
The use case i am trying is - to handle overflow by comparing the lengths of two compatible fields.

Thsnks.


Regards,

Luc_VanDyck

MAXSTRLEN(recTable.Fieldname)

kriki

for knowing the max length of a field:

Luc Van Dyck wrote:

MAXSTRLEN(recTable.Fieldname)

for knowing the length of the value in the field:

STRLEN(recTable.Fieldname)

to copy some value in a field truncating it if needed:

recTable.Fieldname := COPYSTR('Some Text',1,MAXSTRLEN(recTable.Fieldname));

hav

Yes you both are right.
I got my answer and it is working.
Thanx to both of you.