Date:         Tue, 11 Dec 2001 15:17:07 +0100
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From:         Ace <b.rogers@VIRGIN.NET>
Subject:      Re: upper(trim(left(myvar)))
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On 11 Dec 01 03:37:04 GMT, jay@MEDIASHOWER.COM (Jay Stevens) wrote:

>Really and truly if we can just get that STRTRIM=YES in place, all of my
>issues re: this topic would be resolved.  I understand all the internal
>issues you've covered here, I just want my STRTRIM=YES option.
>
>heh.

Well I very much doubt that you'll get it. Really, I can't understand
what's the problem with a little bit of typing...

And I also tend to feel that this type of shortcutting makes future
programmers even less aware of how their language works, which can't
exactly lead them to better design and coding practices, can it?

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Ace in Alsace