Paul, What is the "source" column used for? Can I use it to hold a temporary value?
Bill mysql> describe customer; +--------------------------+------------------+------+-----+------------+----------------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +--------------------------+------------------+------+-----+------------+----------------+ *| source | varchar(100) | YES | | NULL *| | | signup_date | date | NO | | 0000-00-00 | | | name | varchar(255) | NO | | | | | company | varchar(255) | YES | | NULL | | | street | varchar(255) | NO | | | | | city | varchar(255) | NO | | | | | state | char(3) | NO | | | | | country | varchar(255) | NO | | USA | | | zip | varchar(20) | NO | | | | | phone | varchar(20) | NO | | | | | alt_phone | varchar(20) | YES | | NULL | | | fax | varchar(20) | YES | | NULL | | | contact_email | varchar(255) | YES | | NULL | | | account_number | int(11) | NO | PRI | NULL | auto_increment | | secret_question | varchar(254) | YES | | NULL | | | secret_answer | varchar(100) | YES | | NULL | | | cancel_date | date | YES | | NULL | | | removal_date | date | YES | | NULL | | | default_billing_id | int(10) unsigned | NO | | 0 | | | account_manager_password | varchar(60) | YES | | NULL | | | cancel_reason | int(11) | YES | | NULL | | | notes | text | YES | | NULL | | +--------------------------+------------------+------+-----+------------+----------------+ 22 rows in set (0.00 sec) On 1/23/2012 7:53 AM, Paul Yasi wrote: > I don't think it would break anything. > > Paul > > On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 8:29 AM, Bill Harris <bhar...@texoma.net> wrote: >> Paul, >> >> Our current "homegrown" Access-based system stores the account >> name as the account number (legacy from dial-up days).. >> >> I want to import the customers today, but wondered if I could add >> a varchar column to store the login id into (just temporarily) until >> I build the services up. I was tempted to just store it in the comment >> field, but I have a field of those to import as well. >> >> Will adding a field at the end of the customer table break anything, >> functionally? >> >> Bill >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Try before you buy = See our experts in action! >> The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers >> is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, >> Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 >> _______________________________________________ >> Citrusdb-users mailing list >> Citrusdb-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/citrusdb-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 _______________________________________________ Citrusdb-users mailing list Citrusdb-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/citrusdb-users