Automatic Data Entry

[Frank Schima]

Hi Chuck,


On Oct 26, 2004, at 9:50 AM, Chuck Pelto wrote:

> Looking over the documentation and the archived e-mail, I get the 
> impression that there is NO automatic population of fields with data 
> in Valentina 1.0. This includes no automatic incrementation of a 
> serial number field.
>
> Is this correct?

Correct.

> I also note that Valentina 2.0 is supposed to have the automatic 
> incrementing of serial numbers, according to one e-mail in the 
> archive.
>
> Will V2.0 have automatic data input where a field is supposed to be a 
> constant value?

Ruslan stated that default values will be in V2 as I recall. But I 
don't understand how that is not what you want? Also, why do you need 
to fill a field with the same value every record? That is a poor 
design. Constant values should not be in a field. That wastes space and 
slows down your queries.

In any event, a field Method would be a solution for this situation in 
1.0. Just have a field Method that always returns 2, or pi, or 
whatever. That has the advantage of not wasting disk space.

What would be useful, IMHO, is a default function. So, for instance, 
you could automatically populate a DateTime field with the current 
DateTime so you know when the record was added.

> When is V2.0 supposed to be available in final form?

When it's done! :^)


Best regards,
Frank