DESC difference between 7 & 8?

From: Calvin Crumrine <Calvin_Crumrine_at_dced.state.ak.us>
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 08:17:03 -0900
Message-ID: <3C50418F.4A919A7F@dced.state.ak.us>

We're in the process of moving from 7.3.4 on Netware to 8.1.7 on Win2K. I was dismayed to discover that the DESC command acts differently on the 2 servers. Is this controllable? Maybe the defaults are set differently?

When connected to the 7.3.4 server DESC lists both field names & datatypes. When connected to the 8.1.7 server DESC lists only the field names. If there's not a default setting I can change is there a script I can run to list both field names & datatypes? We've been relying on this as a quick way to check the datatypes when writing applications.

TIA. Received on Thu Jan 24 2002 - 11:17:03 CST