> -----Original Message----- > From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] > On Behalf Of Lew Schwartz > Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 4:30 PM > To: profoxt...@leafe.com > Subject: Re: MS Access quirky import > > I thought everything else was quirky and Fox was normal. It seems that > Access distinguishes between a column definition and the data that in > it, ie a col c, 5 will have a data width of 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 > depending on what, if anything is in it. > > How do they create compound keys where col widths & not data widths > are significant? >
IIRC the Fox does something similar when you do a SELECT - the first value in a field it finds will define the width (or precision) of all the rest... Or am I just confused with something else? Thanks, Matthew Jarvis || Business Systems Analyst IT Department McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center 1460 G Street, Springfield, OR 97477 || Ph: 541-744-6092 || Fax: 541-744-6145 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: This electronic message may contain information that is Proprietary, Confidential, or legally privileged or protected. It is intended only for the use of the individual(s) and entity named in the message. If you are not an intended recipient of this message, please notify the sender immediately and delete the material from your computer. Do not deliver, distribute or copy this message and do not disclose its contents or take any action in reliance on the information it contains. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/69f310c05dd83c48a84ba3769ce1ecf80598b...@tntriexevs02.triadhospitals.net ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
