This is pretty much what strict affinity is meant to do. But alas, time has slipped away faster than anyone thought possible and it may not make it into the release at the end of the month.
Fortunately the only file format issue here is whether or not the 'affinity mode' is a persistent property of the database. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In brief, I want an option that is like "normal" > except that an error > > is returned if the data can not be converted to > the column's declared > > type; I want some input flexibility, but I don't > want the engine to > > store values that are not of the correct type. > > I second this wish. > > Frank Baumgart > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]