In article <129CC42D-26B3-4426-8A0A-B1117465F1A8@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jim Nasby <jnasby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: % Not sure if it's still true, but DB2 used to limit varchar to 255. I % don't think anyone limits it lower than that. Sybase: 254. Silently truncates. -- Patrick TJ McPhee North York Canada ptjm@xxxxxxxxxxxx