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  1. Newsgroups: comp.databases
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!torn!skule.ecf!epas!roberts
  3. From: roberts@epas.utoronto.ca (Robert Sinkewicz)
  4. Subject: Re: Upgrading Paradox
  5. Organization: University of Toronto - EPAS
  6. Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 13:22:39 GMT
  7. Message-ID: <1992Jul25.132239.13349@epas.toronto.edu>
  8. Followup-To: roberts@epas.utoronto.ca
  9. Summary:  Paradox 4.0 file format
  10. References: <Jul.22.17.44.33.1992.5398@dimacs.rutgers.edu> <68800004@hpcupt1.cup.hp.com>
  11. Sender: Bob Sinkewicz
  12. Nntp-Posting-Host: epas.utoronto.ca
  13. Lines: 4
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  15. Does anyone know how the Paradox 4.0 file format will store data
  16. in variable length character fields? If a character field is declared
  17. to be 250 in length, will it store 250 bytes even if no data is inserted
  18. into the field?
  19.