Hello [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: > Frank has set up a OOo Docs Wiki where I intend to publish more polished > work. In the meantime I will accept Andrew's offer and will ask him for > details once I am ready to submit any material. > > Thank you all for your help and interest in this work! > > Andrew, I would like some help undewrstanding the variable types offered > by Base. I have not been able to find info about them and do not want to > make the assumption that they mean exactly what other database systems > understand them to be. > > I would appreciate any help on finding documentation about them or, if you > know their specs and how Base treats them, some lines from you. > > The variables are: > > Tiny Interger > Big Interger > Image (long var binary) > Binay (Varbinary) > Binary (fix) > Mamo (long var char) > Text(char) -fix > Text (varchar) > Text (varchar ignorecase) --> very interesting! > Number (numeric) > Decimal > Interger > Small Interger > Float > Real > Double > Boolean > Date > Time > Timestamp > Other -->?? Do you want describe how the are defined in the internal HSQL DB.
Then I think you find informations on www.hsqldb.org > > I hope that this is not a headache for you. I truly believe that > understanding variable attributes is fundamental to a useful and reliable > data base design. > > Thanks again. Look also here: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Database as an Overview of know documents and http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Database_WIKI_Template as a template Regards Mechtilde --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
