Hi Tom, Thanks, thats what I was going to do until I saw the textarea code in the xsl file that is based on a length of over 65535.
Regards Dave On Nov 14, 2:57 pm, "Tom McNeer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Dave, > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 8:57 AM, Dave Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can anyone shed some light on why I cant get textarea's for ntext > > columns when using scaffolds with transfer? > > Because ColdFusion (and therefore Transfer) doesn't know anything about > database data types. It only knows its own native types. Which means that a > column which is ntext is just a string, the same as a varchar column. > > Your Transfer config file defines the field as a string, right? > > So when M-G generates the scaffolding, it builds a text input for any string > field. But then, that's why it's "scaffolding." It's not meant to be used > as-is -- just to simplify the building of basic code. So you just go in and > change the inputs to textareas yourself. > > -- > Thanks, > > Tom > > Tom McNeer > MediumCoolhttp://www.mediumcool.com > 1735 Johnson Road NE > Atlanta, GA 30306 > 404.589.0560 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "model-glue" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/model-glue?hl=en For more about Model-Glue, check http://www.model-glue.com . -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
