V4RB 1.10 Platform inconsistency

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

On 3/9/04 6:43 PM, "Fred.Stephenson"
<Fred.Stephenson at communication-unltd.com> wrote:

Hi Fred,

> I've just come across a problem where I wanted to update a database
> (add new fields) so I did the following after checking the schema
> version
> 
>  bo=mdatabase.BaseObject("customertable")
> 
>  vs=bo.CreateStringField("Referral",30,"ascii","")
>  vb=bo.CreateBooleanField("Mailing","")
>  vs.Indexed=true
> 
> now this works fine on the Mac and adds the fields however my app
> gives a nilexception when populating panes on the PC. When I check
> with viSql it displays the newly added fields as method fields.

So you mean that if write

  vs=bo.CreateStringField("Referral",30,"ascii")

It works. Yes?
I see where problem can be.

Although better not send empty string into method text.
REALbasic for "" produce on C++ level NULL pointer.
Other languages will consider such logic as METHOD.


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Ruslan Zasukhin      [ I feel the need...the need for speed ]
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