>>Hi,
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>>I have an expression that works SQL Server DB:
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>>select CAST(0 AS BIT) AS MYFIELD
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>>Of course the above will not work for VFP. Is there a way to change the expression above that it would create a calculated logical field in VFP as well as SQL DB?
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>>TIA
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>I believe this works in SQL Server (not tested) and for sure in VFP:
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>SELECT 1=2 AS MyField
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>In MySQL this syntax does not work. I usually refrain from creating boolean fields in the database and prefer single digit numeric values instead (0=false, 1 = true). In MySQL you cannot cast to bool (although the data type exists) and SQL Server boolean datatype does not exist.
Thank you. I decided to have two separate expressions, one for SQL and one for VFP.
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