Memo Field Type

Use the Memo field type to store blocks of data. The Memo field contains a ten-byte reference to the actual contents of the memo. The actual size of memos, however, depends on the amount of data you enter into them. Data from Memo fields of records in a table are stored in a separate file with the same name as the table and an .FPT extension. Memo fields are limited only by the amount of available disk space. For specifications about the Memo field type, see Visual FoxPro Data and Field Types.

Visual FoxPro memos can contain any data whatsoever, including nulls, assembler code, printer drivers, and so on. You can store contents of Memo fields as memory-resident strings. You can then manipulate these strings with all functions that operate on character data.

See Also

Data and Field Types | CREATE TABLE - SQL Command | MODIFY MEMO Command