>>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')
>>? VARTYPE(bugfield)
>
>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.
But i read in help this:
VARTYPE( ) is similar to the TYPE( ) function, but VARTYPE( ) is faster and does not require quotation marks ("") to enclose the specified expression.
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