Nancy,

Are the "date" fields in the back end data datetime instead of Date?

Use {/:} for an empty datetime field.


>Thanks for this info, Cindy. Very useful for one still on the VFP learning curve ;)
>
>I've found that I must include all fields (whether I'm using them or not--this could be just date fields, haven't tested that yet) in my remote view so I can set values that would otherwise be seen as NULL. This has worked for everything except the date fields. I still get a 1526 error (data type mismatch is the text). All other data is updated... and the dates are left blank, but the error occurs... not something I want users to deal with.
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>I set the default for date fields to CTOD(' / / ') to match Fox 2.6's date type. I also tried setting STRICTDATE TO 0. But neither has resolved the problem. I also have the VALUE property on the textbox for the date set to =CTOD(' / / ').
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>What else might I be missing?
>
>Thanks for any light you can shed on this.
>
>Nancy
>
>>Cetin, Nancy,
>>
>>Remote views can have default values. In the center bottom of the Fields tab in the view designer, click the Properties button. Set things to zero and blank there.
>>
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>>>Nancy,
>>>Remote views uses ODBC and it doesn't allow empty dates AFAIK. After scatter memvar you could loop through fields and if type is date provide {^2000/12/1899}. And maybe revert at other site to empty dates ?
>>>Hope someone else have a better idea and jumps in.
>>>Cetin
>>>
>>>>Thanks, Cetin. This seems to have cleared up the problem for all field types except date fields. Any ideas on how to force date fields to blank, not NULL?
>>>>
>>>>Again, thanks for your help.
>>>>
>>>>Nancy
>>>>
>>>>>>Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I'm working on a VFP 6 application that must reference .dbf files which are still used by a Fox 2.6 application. The VFP application must also be used across a T1 so I am using remote views to keep performance at an acceptable level.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>My problem is that VFP returns a "NULL not allowed" error on Tableupdate(). Should I be initializing every field to blank when I append a record (or check each field for NULL if editing) before issuing Tableupdate()?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Any help or comments will be appreciated!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Nancy Price
>>>>>
>>>>>Nancy,
>>>>>You could initialize all blank :
>>>>>select myView
>>>>>scatter memvar memo blank
>>>>>insert into myView from memvar
>>>>>Cetin