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

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Subject: Re: A date field with someone's name in it?
From: Scott Klement <klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 16:06:46 -0500 (CDT)
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Well, I tried.  Nobody in my shop was willing to bet that I couldn't put
'SantaClaus' into a date field.  No free cheeseburger for me.

On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, Booth Martin wrote:
>
> right, so now all you list readers know how to get a free lunch. Someone in
> your shop will fall for it.   I'm not the only one that felt that a D field
> only holds valid date data.  Am I?
>

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