<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head><meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></head><body ><br>Yes Allan ,You are right.<br>These typeofdata from database is formed as a javascript array in all EditViews.The Array is formed in include/FormValidationUtil.php .You can see this from the Page Source of any EditView page.These elements of fielddatatype array is used for form validate.Each element has a delimiter "~".The First part of the element is the data type and the second part is to find whether the data is a mandatory or an optional.You can find this in the function formValidate in the file general.js(include/js/general.js).These datas are also used for CustomView,CustomField,Reports to check the datatype.<br> <br><br><font color="#cccccc">------------------------------------------
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<br><br><br><br><br><br>----allan.bush+vtiger_dev@gmail.com wrote ---- <br><br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 255); padding: 6px;">
I'm not sure if anyone knows.<br><br>I don't think it really does anything anymore I usually just put one<br>of the strings I see in other fields in.<br><br>It looks like it's suppose to control form validation as well as<br>custom view and report options, but I think hard coded stuff has<br>replaced it.<br><br>On 6/16/06, Damien Bezborodow <damien@uts.net.au> wrote:<br>> Hi,<br>><br>> Can somebody point me in the direction of an explanation of the<br>> `typeofdata` column in `field` table?<br>><br>> Cheers!<br>><br>> Damo<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> This vtiger.com email is sponsored by: Zoho Writer. Are you still using your desktop word processor for typing documents? Try the AJAX enabled, collaboration-friendly online word processor, Zoho Writer for FREE instead!<br>> <a href="http://zohowriter.com/?vt">http://zohowriter.com/?vt</a><br>><br>_______________________________________________<br>Free web-based spreadsheet application from Zoho. Create and share spreadsheets online using Zoho Sheet - <a href="http://zohosheet.com?vt">http://zohosheet.com?vt</a> <br>
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