The Clipper Help file lists this under DBCREATE():
aDbf := {}
AADD(aDbf, { "Name", "C", 25, 0 })
AADD(aDbf, { "Address", "C", 1024, 0 })
AADD(aDbf, { "Phone", "N", 13, 0 })
//
DBCREATE("People", aDbf)
So you can have large character fields.
However, unless you are going to use the full length in each record, I would not recommend using them as the file will be quite large because the full, 1024 in the sample, size of the field is allocated for each record.
I have tested the above sample and it works fine within Clipper, but when I opened the file with FoxPro, the Address and Phone fields were not accessed correctly, so there appears to be compatibility problems with other products.
Use with caution.
Hope this helps,
HotEye