On 02/02/2011 07:17 PM, Werner F. Bruhin wrote: > 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
Done with rev 6377. 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/4d49a571.3040...@googlemail.com
