ActualSize Property

Indicates the actual length of a field's value.

Return Values

Returns a Long value.

Remarks

Use the ActualSize property to return the actual length of a Field object's value. For all fields, the ActualSize property is read-only. If ADO cannot determine the length of the Field object's value, the ActualSize property returns adUnknown (-1).

The ActualSize and DefinedSize properties are different as shown in the following example: a Field object with a declared type of adChar and a maximum length of 50 characters returns a DefinedSize property value of 50, but the ActualSize property value it returns is the length of the data stored in the field for the current record.

Applies To

Field

See Also

DefinedSize