That 40 character limitation hasn’t been there since Active4D v5 came out, which was 9 years ago.
All the best, - Aparajita > On Feb 21, 2018, at 12:08 AM, Norbert Pfaff <[email protected]> wrote: > > When I have written querys, there was a problem for searching strings longer > as 40 characters. > > I think it was a problem of the 4D external mechanism. Some times I searched > for streets wich existed, but I didnt find. > > My solution was to write a wrapper for the query command. > > queryLongNames(->[einheit];->[einheit]name;$strasse) > > // ---------------------------------------------------- > // User name (OS): npfaff > // Date and time: 28.12.10, 09:19:07 > // ---------------------------------------------------- > // Method: QueryLongNames > // Description > // Wrapper für Bug in External API (Suche nach Strings über 40 Zeichen > funktionieren in Externals nicht) > // > // Parameters > // ---------------------------------------------------- > C_POINTER($1;$2) > C_TEXT($3) > QUERY($1->;$2->;=;$3) > > > > >> Am 20.02.2018 um 22:20 schrieb Aparajita Fishman <[email protected]>: >> >> Active4D itself has no limitation on field length. Internally it uses the >> equivalent of C_TEXT for alpha fields. >> >> All the best, >> >> - Aparajita >> >>> On Feb 20, 2018, at 12:48 PM, Doug Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> In Active4D v4.5 (which I'm *almost* done with!!!!), there was an alpha >>> field limitation of forty characters. I can't find the reference, but I >>> believe it was actually a limitation of 4D 2004. This is no longer factor >>> with 4Dv15 and Active4D 7+ is it? I have an email field that I was limiting >>> to 40 characters because of this old limitation, that I should probably >>> lengthen. >>> >>> While I'm at it, what length do you have for your email fields? I know they >>> *can* be 254 characters, but that's a bit much, right? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Doug >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Active4D-dev mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://list.aparajitaworld.com/listinfo/active4d-dev >>> Archives: http://active4d-nabble.aparajitaworld.com/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Active4D-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://list.aparajitaworld.com/listinfo/active4d-dev >> Archives: http://active4d-nabble.aparajitaworld.com/ > > Norbert Pfaff > Hammelstalstr. 52 > 67098 Bad Dürkheim > > Fon: 06322 9108028 > Skype: npfaff > eMail: [email protected] > > > > _______________________________________________ > Active4D-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.aparajitaworld.com/listinfo/active4d-dev > Archives: http://active4d-nabble.aparajitaworld.com/ _______________________________________________ Active4D-dev mailing list [email protected] http://list.aparajitaworld.com/listinfo/active4d-dev Archives: http://active4d-nabble.aparajitaworld.com/
