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

In article <7mqlhc$qr0$1_at_nntp.csufresno.edu>, Steve Cosner <stevec_at_zimmer.csufresno.edu> writes
>Is the Query Length field for the item set long enough?

Yes.

>Actually,
>setting the description during Enter-Query mode would quite possibly
>cause the query to fail.

But why would a non-base-table field be involved in the enter-query?
>
>Try changing the LOV so the description is not returned, and instead, in a
>When-Validate-Item trigger, look up the description.

In the end I converted to using a text_item to hold the description.

Andy
>
>Steve Cosner
>
>
>In article <VI5XQBASS5j3EwvG_at_ahardy.demon.co.uk>,
>Andy Hardy <aph_at_ahardy.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>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...

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