Hi Uwe, On 02/02/2011 18:37, Uwe Grauer wrote: > On 02/02/2011 11:01 AM, Werner F. Bruhin wrote: >> Hi Uwe, >> >> On 26/01/2011 16:13, Uwe Grauer wrote: >>> I commited your changes with rev 6347. >> A belated thanks. >> >> Just noticed this in firebird.db: >> >> elif ftype == "varying": >> if r["rdb$field_length"]> 64: >> ft = "M" >> else: >> ft = "C" >> >> In a utf-8 encoded database this means that varchar larger then 16 >> characters will be defined as a "M" field. >> >> What about using "rdb$character_length" instead - see exchange with >> Helen on FbSupport? >> >> Werner > Sorry Werner, > > i have no clue why varchar fields are either "C" or "M". I never had any > problems with this. Must be really old code. > As varchar can go pretty large at some point "M" makes sense. In my case when I wanted a "memo" type column I used a text blob, but I can see that varchar is another alternative for that up to its limit.
I think it should be changed to use "rdb$character_length" but I really have no idea what the right value is to go from "C" to "M". I guess any number is not going to fit every ones need, so might as well leave it at 64. Could you change that when you have a moment? Thanks Werner > Uwe > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: Dabo-users@leafe.com > Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users > Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users > This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/4d499649.5080...@googlemail.com > > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: Dabo-users@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/4d499fbc.6070...@free.fr
