A system sp that parses domain definitions
returning a dataset with those values for
a given domain would be very worthful.
It could be very interesting for you,
(being able to create comboboxes from limited-values
domains for a data entry form on-the-fly).

On Fri, 8 Apr 2005 20:21:52 +0200, Martijn Tonies wrote:

>
>> Thanks but I guess it wasn't to clear what I need. Say I have a field
>named OBSTRUCTIONS and the valid entries are "TREES" "TOWER" "BUILDING"
>"NONE" and "OTHER". I can set constraints to limit input to this field to
>these values OK but I also need to have a drop down list for the user to
>choose from. Otherwise how would he know what to enter. Also I don't want
>the user to type the entry, just pick it from a list. This is pretty
>important to my app and seems like something the a db system would support.
>
>Right. Now I understand. And how do you expect a generic database engine to
>populate a Windows combobox then?
>
>So, the answer would be: you need to do that yourself.
>
>Just code the entries in the combobox.
>
> Like I said in my earlier message Firebird does exactly what I need with
>the drop down list of available domains. Thanks again. Bob Ritter
>>
>
>With regards,
>
>Martijn Tonies
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