Re: F45. Problem using display_item fields in enter_query mode.

[Quoted] In article <7mo1aj$cjo$1_at_hole.sdsu.edu>, Isaias Gutierrez <igutierr_at_mail.sdsu.edu> writes
>Try making your description field (in the item property) very long, and see
>if it pulls in the description after that.
>

Tried it with 2000 characters for a 40 character db column whose contents are only usually 10...

Strange how it works OK during update...

Andy
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>Andy Hardy <aph_at_ahardy.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:b5zuEBAk1xj3EwNR_at_ahardy.demon.co.uk...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a block alone the lines of:
>>
>> pk_id, fk_id, fk_description
>>
>> where the foreign key id is not displayed, but it's value is put in
>> fk_description (a display item) through a post-query.
>>
>> I have a when-mouse-doubleclick on the fk_description which brings up a
>> LOV of the foreign key values and on selection both fk_id and
>> fk_description get set.
>>
>> This works fine until I use enter-query mode. At this point the LOV
>> appears correctly, but when I select an item I get a FRM-40831 for the
>> description field. This is saying that the value being read into the
>> item is too long and it has been truncated. In fact the description
>> field is now blank, but the fk_id has been given its value.
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>>
>> Andy
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