Problems and Solutions>Databases
Foreign characters in data source field names
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Problems and Solutions>Databases |
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Foreign characters in data source field names |
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Article #: |
0009 |
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Contributor: |
Joanne Irvine-Smith |
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GF version: |
3.05 |
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Applies to: |
DataLinks |
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Last updated: |
July 2, 2001 |
Problem
When filling a document that contains a DataLink, processing stops and an error message is displayed referring to the fields in the data source.
Description
ODBC does not allow foreign characters in field names. If your data source field names contain foreign characters, the ODBC driver cannot interpret the characters and an error message is generated.
Solution
As far as possible, avoid using foreign characters when naming data source fields. GhostFill accepts only the following characters in field names:
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CHARACTER DESCRIPTION |
EXAMPLE |
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Uppercase text |
TEST |
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Lowercase text |
test |
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Underscore |
_ |
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Numbers |
0-9 |