Hi GERRY,
GERRY DANEN was observed on 09-Oct-97, writing to ROGER SCUDDER
          Something about: Error showing data
 RS>> I would leave more room for the city also. If you consider the
 RS>> longest probable input : District of Columbia you need at least
 RS>> 21 characters. IMHO, 36 chars is usually good for names. Probably
 RS>> wouldn't hurt to go more for the address line too... soooo... I
 RS>> would go with something like this...
 GD> No matter what the definition, the code should check for overflow,
 GD> and if needed, truncate the data with perhaps an error message.
 Of course!  I was only suggesting lengths that would allow
 _valid_ data to be entered without being truncated, while
 not going overboard with extra space.   If he wants to add
 error handling that's up to him.
 Roger Scudder
 rscudder@usa.net
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