A5_CHANGEFIELDSIZE Function
Syntax
Arguments
- Result_Flag
.T. indicates success. .F. indicates failure.
- tablename
The name of the table to modify. Character
- original_sizes
A CR-LF delimited list of fields to change in the following format. Character
- Argument
- Description
- Fieldname
The name of the field as seen in the Table Editor.
- Type
See Field Types.
- Width
The current width of the field.
- Decimal
The current number of decimal places of the field. Non-numeric fields have a decimal of 0.
- new_sizes
A CR-LF delimited list of the new values to assign. The list is in the same format as above, but provides new values for Width and Decimal where appropriate.
Description
Changes the fields sizes (width and decimal places) of fields in a table. Takes a crlf delimited list of fields. Format for original_sizes and new_sizes is 'fieldname,type,width,decimal_places'
Discussion
The A5_CHANGEFIELDSIZE() changes the sizes (width or decimal places) of a list of fields in a table.
Example
? table.external_field_name_get("customer", "n,T,w,d")
= Customer_id,Character,8,0
Firstname,Character,20,0
Lastname,Character,20,0
Company,Character,32,0
Phone,Character,20,0
Fax,Character,20,0
tablename = "customer"
original_sizes = <<%a%
Fax,c,20,0
Phone,c,20,0
%a%
new_sizes = <<%a%
Fax,c,30,0
Phone,c,30,0
%a%
a5_changefieldsize("customer", original_sizes, new_sizes)
? table.external_field_name_get("customer","n,T,w,d")
= Customer_id,Character,8,0
Firstname,Character,20,0
Lastname,Character,20,0
Company,Character,32,0
Phone,Character,30,0
Fax,Character,30,0See Also