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<entry><emphasis role="bold">MAXLENGTH</emphasis></entry>
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- <entry>Optional. Specifies the maximum number of characters allowed
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- in the RECORD structure or field. MAXLENGTH on the RECORD structure
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- overrides any MAXLENGTH on a field definition, which overrides any
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- MAXLENGTH specified in the TYPE structure<indexterm>
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+ <entry>Optional. This option is used to create indexes that are
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+ backward compatible for platform versions prior to 3.0. Specifies
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+ the maximum number of characters allowed in the RECORD structure or
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+ field. MAXLENGTH on the RECORD structure overrides any MAXLENGTH on
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+ a field definition, which overrides any MAXLENGTH specified in the
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+ TYPE structure<indexterm>
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<primary>TYPE structure</primary>
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</indexterm> if the <emphasis>datatype</emphasis> names an alien
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data type. This option defines the maximum size of variable-length
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<emphasis>#OPTION(maxLength,####)</emphasis> to change the default).
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The maximum record size should be set as conservatively as possible,
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and is better set on a per-field basis (see the <emphasis
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- role="bold">Field Modifiers</emphasis>section below).</entry>
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+ role="bold">Field Modifiers</emphasis>section below). </entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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