Dan,
You need to specify that NULLs are allowed in _both_ the table edit and
the form control edit for that particular field in your database, if you
allow Nulls.
If you want an empty string instead of a NULL, you should be able to set
the "default" field value to " " (note the space, a "" may be
interpreted as a NULL by the server). This can be done in either the
table edit or the form edit, but one takes precedence over the other. I
have never done this, so some experimentation may be in order.
Why not use NULLs? I use them all the time when a field is unknown.
The only places I do not allow NULLs are the primary and foreign keys
and maybe some fields that are in calculated field formulas, such as:
<price> * <quantity>.
Hope this helps.
Girvin Herr
Dan Lewis wrote:
I have a form that requires first name, middle initial, and last name.
Some of the people do not have a middle initial. For such people I
want the field for the middle initial to contain an empty string. How
do I accomplish this? (For this field, I have set the Data property,
"Set empty string to NULL" to No.)
--Dan
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