>>>What is the benefit of defining attributes at field level in the database such as format, inputMask, caption and field validation rule? When and how does this inversion returns?
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>>>Tks.
>>You won't have to duplicate the effort on every form and report you put your fields in.
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>If I´m intended to separate UI and Data management, then I won´t use my fields directly in forms/reports. Then is it lost time?
If you're not attaching any fields directly to your forms or reports then you won't need to define appearance things like Caption or Inputmask. But the field validation rule still applies. Although you'll have to allow for your accessor object to trap the error generated.