Re: How big should an Email address field be?

["Bob Crothers" <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Great idea!

Just like IBM does when you look at the Call Stack on an ILE/C
program...I believe it is F22 to "display the entire field".

Thanks!

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: Stone, Brad V (TC OASIS) <bvstone@taylorcorp.com>
To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com' <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Thursday, August 19, 1999 3:32 PM
Subject: RE: How big should an Email address field be?


>I would do it similar to other large fields.  Display 35 characters or
so,
>and allow they to key in a field like & or use a function key to
display the
>really big field.  That's how I handle file names in SPLTOOL and
directory
>names in FTPTOOL.
>
>Bradley V. Stone
>BVS/Tools
>http://www.bvstools.com
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bob Crothers [mailto:bob@cstoneindy.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 12:25 PM
>> To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
>> Subject: RE: How big should an Email address field be?
>>
>>
>> Larry,
>>
>> The problem is not the database....it is on the screen.
>>
>> In the Windows world, this is not a problem.  Text Box's will let
you
>> enter more than can be displayed.
>>
>> Does anybody have any suggestions on how to handle this in the
AS/400
>> green screen world?
>>
>> Bob
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Larry Bolhuis [SMTP:lbolhui@ibm.net]
>> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 9:25 AM
>> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
>> Subject: Re: How big should an Email address field be?
>>
>> Bob,
>>
>>  The longest email address that I know of is:
>>
>>  this.space.intentially.left.blank@worldnet.att.net   (Yes I
actually
>> know this guy!)
>>
>>  32 chars is not enough but 64 SHOULD be Plenty.  Why not use a
>> variable length field?
>>
>>
>>  - Larry
>>
>>
>> Bob Crothers wrote:
>> >
>> > Opinion time.  How big should an Email address field be?  I know
30
>> is
>> > to small.  is 64 large enough?  I suspect anybody who has one that
>> is
>> > 128 should get a life & a new ISP.
>> >
>> > What do you think?
>> >
>> > Bob Crothers
>> >
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