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    Posted: 29 September 2005 at 10:28am

Hi,

I've a database field (memo) i want to read the first 256 letters of it and disregard all the other.
 
i.e. if the field content is:
Quote blah blahblah blahblah blahblah blah.....blah blahblah blahblah blahblah blah
i want to read only the first 64 letters of these blahs
 
thanks.
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FUNCTION ShortText(str)

 If Len(str) > 64 Then
  dot = "..." 
  ShortText = Left(str,61) & dot
 Else
  ShortText = str
 End IF

END FUNCTION

<%=ShortText("blah blahblah blahblah blahblah blah.....blah blahblah blahblah blahblah blah")%>
 
Result:
 
blah blahblah blahblah blahblah blah.....blah blahblah blahb...
 
Note: my function adds the three dots to indicate the string has been shortened.
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