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Text field.

From
teresa@pisa.intecs.it (Maria Teresa Faga)
Date:
Hi there,

Is it possible to define  the string type in a different way from text
or varchar[]?
I'm developing an ArcView application on a PostgreSQL database. But
ArcView does not understand text or varchar types. So, which other type
can I use?

Thank you,

Maria Teresa

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Maria Teresa Faga
Intecs Sistemi S.p.A.
Via Gereschi 32-34, Pisa, Italy
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Re: [GENERAL] Text field.

From
tolik@icomm.ru (Anatoly K. Lasareff)
Date:
>>>>> "MTF" == Maria Teresa Faga <teresa@pisa.intecs.it> writes:

 MTF> Hi there,
 MTF> Is it possible to define  the string type in a different way from text
 MTF> or varchar[]?
 MTF> I'm developing an ArcView application on a PostgreSQL database. But
 MTF> ArcView does not understand text or varchar types. So, which other type
 MTF> can I use?

Pehaps char(n) type is good for you?

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Anatoly K. Lasareff              Email:       tolik@icomm.ru
Senior programmer

Re: [GENERAL] Text field.

From
teresa@pisa.intecs.it (Maria Teresa Faga)
Date:

Anatoly K. Lasareff wrote:

> >>>>> "MTF" == Maria Teresa Faga <teresa@pisa.intecs.it> writes:
>
>  MTF> Hi there,
>  MTF> Is it possible to define  the string type in a different way from text
>  MTF> or varchar[]?
>  MTF> I'm developing an ArcView application on a PostgreSQL database. But
>  MTF> ArcView does not understand text or varchar types. So, which other type
>  MTF> can I use?
>
> Pehaps char(n) type is good for you?
>

YES, IT IS!!!

Thank you very much!!!

Maria Teresa