RE: Ascend Filters w/Rad 2.2

Ronnie D. Franklin ( ronnie@itexas.net )
Fri, 1 May 1998 14:42:42 -0500

This may be true.. However, It takes me 5 minutes to change a field size,
save the changes, and it is done.. no sweat, no pain, no
problem!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ronnie@itexas.net

> > If you use Visual InterDev, SQL 6.5 and SP3 or greater you can resize
> > a field without rebuilding the database.
> >
> > > Basically, you need to put entried in the RadConfigs or
> > > RadATConfigs tables with the filter in the data field of the
> > > respective table. You may run into an issue where the data field
> > > is two small. With SQL Server, you may have to rebuild the table
> > > to get a sufficiently sizex data field.
>
> SQL Server fundamentally does NOT allow you to resize a field. Period.
> If Interdev allows you to do it, its creating a new table and copying
> the data, plus patching all your DRIs. Not a difficult thing, just
> tedious. Trying to do this on a table like MasterAccounts would
> prove to be very painful and possibly causing corrupt data in your
> database if its bust during the time. Not something I care to do. :(
>
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