I have to move the back-end of an Access application to MySQL, and I’ve run into one issue that I haven’t been able to solve yet.
The Access database stores dates as text in a “yyyy/mm/dd” format. The problem is that the default value is a formula that generates the current date, formatted as text. In Access, it looks like '=Format$(Now(),\"yyyy/mm/dd\")' This construct is used throughout the table definitions. Is there any alternative to setting the default to something else (NULL, for example) and moving the “default” into the application code? That would be a significant PITA. Regards, Jerry Schwartz Global Information Incorporated 195 Farmington Ave. Farmington, CT 06032 860.674.8796 / FAX: 860.674.8341 E-mail: <mailto:je...@gii.co.jp> je...@gii.co.jp Web site: <http://www.the-infoshop.com/> www.the-infoshop.com
