Re: Maximum field length with PHP 4.1.2/MSSQL v7 ?

Pan, It looks as if you may be using FORM with method=get. If so try method=post to get the full data Bob Parker On Saturday 27 April 2002 20:35, you wrote: > From: "Chris MacKenzie" <cmackenz@optushome.com.au> > > > I've come across an interesting problem. I'm trying to retrieve some > > text data (in this case a question up to 400 chars), but each time I > > perform a select statement I only receive the first 255 chars. > > > > What's the go here, is this just another microsoft thing ? > > Based on the paucity of data in your problem description I would > be inclined to trust the machine and ask what makes you think there > should be more than 'char(255)' worth of characters to retrieve? > > i.e., do you know the db.table.field in question is a column type meant > to hold the data you expect? You seem to be indicating a consistent > return of 255 when you ask for 400 - seems to be a clue about the > field specification. > > More data::better answers. > > Pan