quote: but in all seriousness if its soooo very important to you i can write the code for a SMALL fee :) i might even make it for free.. depends on if i am on male pms :)
i just thought of something else this might work too
SQL 92 or the latest version must have a function that will return the length of the longest value in a column if such function exists then you can do a call to the db then work from there
i cant think of the function of top of my head unfortonately it will eventually come to me