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starbeam · Feb 24th, 2008, 10:39 PM

Okay so you have info like for example this....
Field/ Name/ Fixed length
1/ SS#/ 9
2/ Last Name/ 25
3/ First Name / 15
4/ Address / 30
5/ City / 25
6/ State code / 2
7/ Zip code / 5
8/ # courses / 2
But some of the things do not need to be fixed length. Others are fine that way but some would be better as variable length

Feb 24th, 2008, 10:39 PM	#6
starbeam Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 10 Rep Power: 0	Re: Help with variable-length fields Okay so you have info like for example this.... Field/ Name/ Fixed length 1/ SS#/ 9 2/ Last Name/ 25 3/ First Name / 15 4/ Address / 30 5/ City / 25 6/ State code / 2 7/ Zip code / 5 8/ # courses / 2 But some of the things do not need to be fixed length. Others are fine that way but some would be better as variable length