kam wrote: > This is not an answer to your question (you already got some answers). I > never use alltrim() in a cursor because it will set the > length of that column to the first record/field that is set. In other words, > if you have a number 10 in the 1st record, that field > will be 2 characters. Then, in the next record, you have a number 1000, it > will only have 2 characters in which to be stored. > > > You're right in a SELECT SQL situation, but not for my situation where I've created the cursor explicitly with CREATE CURSOR command.
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