This is my first Access Project to develop, so I'm learning the ropes of
dealing with SQL Server. One thing that cropped up is that the "char" fields
seem to be filled with training blanks. On forms that's only "strange" and
an inconvenience, but on reports it can force extra rows for "can grow"
fields. I solved the problem by doing an rtrim() on all the fields in a
query before using them in forms and reports. I could use varchar instead of
char to avoid the issue and the need to trim. I may be missing something
about this issue. What's the best practice here?

Thanks,

Mick Ruthven