Re: [pilot-db-list] Linked and Calculated fields problems

[Peter W. <pet...@jp...>]

Scott Wallace [swa...@ee...] wrote:
> 	Yes, you are correct. The when data is linked into a database it looses
> its type information and is basically stored as a string.  Marc has
> added some of the code to help change this, but it is still some ways
> off.  I don't expect to add it into the 1.1. beta, but if there is

Thanks for the prompt reply Scott.  I don't know what Marc is
considering for this, but it might be easiest to create a function (or
set of functions) to typecast string->integer (integer->string)... 
That sort of thing.  At any rate, I'm glad it's under consideration.

Thanks again.

-- 
Peter

  When the master has come to do everything through the slave, the
  slave becomes his master, since he cannot live without him.
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