----- Original Message ----- From: "candysmate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 6:12 PM Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Eeeeek! Development grinds to a halt due to stupid syntax problem
> --- In [email protected], "Paul Andrews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Why do you have to use the database field names inside the flex > application? >> > > What alternative approach would you suggest Paul? I use them to help > me keep track of everything, as I'm using both a MS SQL database and > an ODBC linked database to a proprietry format. I'm open to > alternative method suggestions. I'd be looking to try and map the fieldnames to something more acceptable, perhaps switch that # for an underscore, or "_h_". I used to specialise in DB development and have yet to see a schema with field names with a hash in them (not that that's your fault - it's just your problem). Depending on the DB, it might be possible to define a 1:1 view that could map the field names. Paul
