Rick Schummer wrote:
Maybe the company/shop have a standard that all character fields are varchar
and the
developer was trying to follow the rules to keep their job. Maybe the specs
dictated the
design. Maybe the original developer set it up to test out the new guy to see
if they are
paying attention. It is quite possible the IT manager did not know any better
when he set
it up this way.
I've got many more, just ask. <bg>
Rick
White Light Computing, Inc.
That's ok, Rick...I trust your designs...it was just interesting. <g>
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