Re: TEXT field If you use a VARCHAR data type for this field, the contents are stored in file 4. I recently converted a data file with more than one NOTE filed to use VARCHAR instead, because the row lengths were being exceeded. They have worked well. The users access them from within a DBGrid, and they edit easily with a mouse click. The "icon" that displays in the DBGrid shows whether or not there is any data in the field. My users like it.
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello all, > I am creating a database that requires a fair amount of text in a specific > field. I would prefer to use the internal RTF capability as opposed to > shelling out to a Word or Worperfect document. This is basically for > security reasons, as I can keep the document in the database. > Now....it this a SAFE thing to do??? I have had some trouble with memo > fields in the past - when pointers break, your edited memo field is a > scrambled mess and usually a total loss. Does RBase file these RTF > documents as one piece in the row??? If the database gets large, will it > slow things down? Can you archive and recover these easily? > > Question two: In a tabbed form with different tables on different tabs, > how does one insure they all get saved upon close of the form? Isn't > there a property command that does this? I think Charles Parks helped me > with this a year ago, but I lost my notes, of course.... > > TIA > Bob C. ===== Albert Berry Management Consultant RR2 - 1252 Ponderosa Drive Sparwood BC, V0B 2G2 Canada (250) 425-5806 (250) 425-7259 (708) 575-3952 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
