Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Progress 4GL Reference

> ## RECORD-LENGTH function

> Returns the length of a record in a buffer.

> #### Syntax

>     RECORD-LENGTH ( buffer )

> ``buffer``

> A database buffer containing a record.

> #### Note

> The RECORD-LENGTH function is especially useful when implementing 4GL-based database replication, which involves storing entire database records in log record fields. Progress limits records to 32K. Before you transfer a record to a raw field in another record, you can use RECORD-LENGTH to ensure that you are not expanding the record beyond the 32K limit.

> #### See also

> RAW-TRANSFER statement

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