Re: A date field with someone's name in it?

[Douglas Handy <dhandy1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Booth,
 
>But the real question that I don't understand is... What good is a D type
>field if you can put anything that you want to into it? 

You can only put valid values into it directly.  And if you attempt to write or
update a DB record with an invalid date, it will fail.

But you can use indirect means, such as a DS or basing pointer, to get any value
into any memory location.  However, if you then attempt to use the data field as
a date, it will fail.  This is similar to the concept of a decimal data error.

In normal usage, the field will always have a valid value.

Doug