Re: ActualSize returns -1 for Text fields

Neo wrote on 28 Sep 2005 05:11:18 -0700:

> I too have many tables with multiple text fields ...
>
> try this one
>
> oRecordset.open "select * from table",oConnection,0,1

Using a client side cursor is not always a viable option - many a time I've
found myself killing processes due to them using all available physical and
virtual RAM due to pulling a huge table into a client-side cursor recordset.
This is especially true when dealing with text/ntext fields.

Dan


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