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RECORD-LENGTH Function

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Returns the length of a record in a buffer.

SYNTAX

RECORD-LENGTH ( buffer ) 

buffer

A database buffer containing a record.

NOTE

The RECORD-LENGTH function is especially useful when implementing 4GL-based database replication, which involves storing entire database records in log record fields. Progress limits records to 32K. Before you transfer a record to a raw field in another record, you can use RECORD-LENGTH to ensure that you are not expanding the record beyond the 32K limit.

SEE ALSO

RAW-TRANSFER Statement


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