Valentina 3.2 refuse open v2.5.6 db

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

On 31/8/07 9:21 PM, "Robert Mann" <robmann at gp-racing.com> wrote:

Hi Robert,

> Let me see if I understand
> Field name should not start with a number?

Of course.

Can you in revolution or any other normal programming language do this?
Of course no.

Ident should start with letter or underscore '_'

> This database has been used for some time (mysql) so changing it would be
> allot of work not only the rev app but also many php web pages
> No way around this?

Hmm, I do not see any way.
This is requirement of SQL 92 and we do follow it.

MySQL is often mess-maker.
Although we also did this mistake in 2.x
 
> I would change the varchar to string but not a option with mysql?

You mean if mySQL can live with VarChar ?
Yes for them better is VarChar here.


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Best regards,

Ruslan Zasukhin
VP Engineering and New Technology
Paradigma Software, Inc

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