Thanks Begwebgroup, I feel very stupid for asking!
Richard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of begwebgroup Sent: 25 September 2006 16:35 To: Richard Wilkinson Subject: Re: Destination Dataset has some fields greyed out Hi Richard, some of so-called friends asked me that question few weeks ago. I didn't know what was the problem and I tried to find something intelligent to tell them until they told me the were just teasing me... The answer is "zoom-in" your destination dataset. It's just a display artefact! --- In [email protected], "Richard Wilkinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > One of my destination datasets has some field greyed out. It seems to > be something to do with the field length but I cannot see why. In this > case the destination dataset is oracle 10 r2 and the field name is > "NAT_SITE_NAME", well within oracle 32 character name limit. For this > field removing the last "E" un-greys the field suggesting a max length > of 12 chars. However other fields in the same destination are longer. > > Clearly FME is trying to tell me something about these "greyed out" > fields. Does anyone know what it is? > > I have included a pic of the destination but am not sure if it will be > visible on the forum. > > This little snippet from the help file does not help! > If a column is greyed out, then you can't set a width or number of > decimal places. > > Looking at my data (the attached pic) this does not seem to be true. > > > <<Picture (Metafile)>> > Thanks > > > Richard Wilkinson > Systems Analyst > Resources - ICT Services > Leicestershire County Council > 0116 2657709 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ______________________________________________________________________ _ > Leicestershire County Council - rated a 'four-star' council by the Audit Commission > ______________________________________________________________________ _ > > > This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, any reading, printing, storage, disclosure, copying or any other action taken in respect of this e- mail is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by using the reply function and then permanently delete what you have received. > > Incoming and outgoing e-mail messages are routinely monitored for compliance with Leicestershire County Council's policy on the use of electronic communications. The contents of e-mails may have to be disclosed to a request under the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000. > > The views expressed by the author may not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Leicestershire County Council. > > Attachments to e-mail messages may contain viruses that may damage your system. Whilst Leicestershire County Council has taken every reasonable precaution to minimise this risk, we cannot accept any liability for any damage which you sustain as a result of these factors. You are advised to carry out your own virus checks before opening any attachment. > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fme/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fme/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
