Re: Multilanguage application & database

From: K <kristofvdw_at_matt.es>
Date: 25 Oct 2004 06:07:56 -0700
Message-ID: <ef74fcf7.0410250507.775c1b5c@posting.google.com>

> When you say "tables in the database with fields" .... are you referring to
> "columns"? (For me, field is something on a screen to be handled by the
> front-end, just like Oracle Discoverer's EUL.)

Sorry- RECORDS have fields, TABLES have columns -my mistake.

> If that is the case, and if you are concerned with the column name (not the
> contents), have you considered using language-mapping views to overlay the
> table and 'rename' columns to the appropriate language?

If you looked at the examples, you'd see that I wanted to translate contents. Thanks anyway,

K Received on Mon Oct 25 2004 - 08:07:56 CDT