Re: SQL*Forms 3.0 - a rather technical question

From: James Richard <no email>
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 1995 12:57:59 GMT
Message-ID: <1995Feb3.125759.29952_at_newton.ccs.tuns.ca>


In article <D33EKp.H2D_at_eskimo.com> kimmng_at_eskimo.com (Kim Ng) writes:
>: p.s. take all the crap out of the LOV field,
>: otherwise it will just confuse you in the future.
>
>You DO need the crap in LOV if you want FORMS to automatically display
><List> at the bottom of the screen so that users know which field has
>a list of values. Otherwise you will have to do it yourself or the users
>will have to guess (yuck)!
>
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Yes. I should have said to put something in LOV, which wouldn't give an error, and still display <List> (i.e. SELECT 'X' FROM DUAL). Still... code which would actually work (with real tables and fields) should be removed to prevent confusion.
A good point you made... Thanks!!!

Humbly,

James Richard (JRICHARD_at_TUNS.CA)
"No Assembler Required!" Received on Fri Feb 03 1995 - 13:57:59 CET

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