Re: HELP: Designer/2000 Default Values???
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 16:42:30 +0100
Message-ID: <6jevqu$7o9_at_news.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE>
An Nguyen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In Designer/2000 a default value has a limit of 40 characters. I was
> wondering if anyone would know how to get around this i.e. the default
> values needs to be > 40.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Cheers
> -An
> --------------------------
> An Nguyen
> MIM Holdings Ltd
> Email: ann_at_qld.mim.com.au
> Phone: +617 3833 8389
> Fax: +617 3833 8035
> --------------------------
Use a pre-text-item trigger, checking wether the field is or not and copy something in the field if it contains nothing:
IF :the_tab.the_col IS NULL THEN
:the_tab.the_col := 'A very long text with more than 40 characters will
be assigned here when the user enters the field';
END IF;
Marcel
Received on Thu May 14 1998 - 17:42:30 CEST