I am using a VB6 rdo connection to access files on a Sun Universe database via an ODBC connection. I can read records no problem, and manipulate the data. The problem occurs on the write back to disk on the Sun, when all the rdoColumns write back, but pad out the data with spaces to the length of the rdoColumn. ie. If the word 'RECORD' is written back, and the length of the rdoColumn is 10, what gets back to the Sun Universe system is 'RECORD '. I have trimmed the data and attempted to terminate all the strings with null but to no avail. The debug window confirms the data is leaving the program without the spaces, but a diagnostic product we have confirms that the spaces are present by the time the record gets to the ODBC connection. Has anybody any ideas to correct this?