4th Dimension questions

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2 total messages Started by DENNIS LITTLE Wed, 27 Jan 1993 19:35

#697

Author: DENNIS LITTLE
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 19:35

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I'm very new to programming in databases in general and 4th Dimension in 
general and have several questions.

1.  Is there a way to copy fields?  I have a few databases which
    have the same setup but only one character difference in the 
    name and it would be nice to be able to just input the first
    set and then copy and modify the rest.

2.  Is there a way to set up a 1 character alphanumeric field?
    according to what I've read so far, alpha fields must be at
    least 2 characters long and I need this one to only allow one
    character.

me

Re: 4th Dimension questions

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Author: Charles Albrecht
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 17:11

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In article <27JAN199313352985@sscvx1.ssc.gov> dlittle@sscvx1.ssc.gov (DENNIS LITTLE) writes:
>I'm very new to programming in databases in general and 4th Dimension in 
>general and have several questions.
>
>1.  Is there a way to copy fields?  I have a few databases which
>    have the same setup but only one character difference in the 
>    name and it would be nice to be able to just input the first
>    set and then copy and modify the rest.

I think 4D Mover may be able to help you here, but there is an additional 
cost involved.

>
>2.  Is there a way to set up a 1 character alphanumeric field?
>    according to what I've read so far, alpha fields must be at
>    least 2 characters long and I need this one to only allow one
>    character.
>
>me

You can add an Entry Filter to your input layout to restrict the entry to
a single Alpha character.  See Design Reference (DR) 149-155 (v.2) or
DR5-27 to 5-35 (v.3) for more info on creating custom entry filters.

-C   charlesa@ncar.ucar.edu

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