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BUG TYPE('blobfield') AND VARTYPE(blobfield)
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20/10/2005 14:24:33
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Databases,Tables, Views, Indexing and SQL syntax
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9
OS:
Windows XP
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01060805
Message ID:
01060811
Views:
12
>Why TYPE() and VARTYPE() returns different results for field type BLOB
>
>
CLEAR
>CREATE TABLE Test (bugfield W)
>INSERT INTO Test VALUES (FILETOSTR(HOME()+'beautify.app'))
>? TYPE('bugfield')   &&& return W
>? VARTYPE(bugfield)  &&& return Q
Also there is an omission in HELP. There is no "W" type in HELP for VARTPE() and TYPE() functions. Only in AFIELDS() you can get it.
Against Stupidity the Gods themselves Contend in Vain - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
The only thing normal about database guys is their tables.
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