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> Eivind Skildheim wrote:
Hi, Jason -- 

Just my two cents, but IMHO, I would prefer to do what Elvind has
described here: create a view in SqlServer that aliases the "Text"
column to some other name, like "ttext".  Then name your InstantDB
column "ttext" or whatever you decide to alias the column to in
SqlServer.  Ignoring keywords is like fingernails on a chalkboard to me
(no offense intended to anyone who wrote or uses that functionality  ;-)

Regards,
Bill Graham

> 
> Create a view in SQLServer
> 
> create view myview as select name, text as ttext, value, listposition
> from mytable
> 
> now use the view in the import statement
> 
> Hope this helps
> Eivind Skildheim
> Software Developer
> Motive Communications, Inc
> Austin, TX USA
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: william graham [mailto:wwg@tscnet.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 1:34 PM
> To: instantDB@enhydra.org
> Subject: Re: InstantDB: Reserved word issue
> 
> Once again, I'd wait a bit to see if anyone else has other ideas;
> there
> are some great people on the list, including Peter Hearty, who wrote
> the
> thing ...   ;->
> 
> Regards,
> Bill G.
> 
> Jason Amy wrote:
> >
> > Yes, the schema is coming from a SQLServer db.  The column is:
> >
> > [SelectOption]
> > Col1=Name  varchar 50
> > Col2=Text  varchar 30
> > Col3=Value  varchar 50
> > Col4=ListPosition  int 4
> >
> > I was afraid that you'd say I'd have to change the SQLServer schema
> = DOH!  ;)
> >
> > Thanks bill!
> >
> > william graham wrote:
> >
> > > Hi, Jason --
> > >
> > > The problem is that TEXT in InstantDB is a synonym for the binary
> > > datatype ( see
> > > http://instantdb.enhydra.org/software/documentation/types.html ).
> > >
> > > As far as turning this off, I'm not sure there's a way (anyone
> else?).
> > > There is a strictLiterals parm in the db properties, but that
> prevents
> > > literals from being interpreted as numerics or as column names.
> > >
> > > Is this schema coming from a SQLServer db?  If so, I'm a bit
> surprised,
> > > since TEXT is a datatype name in SQLServer as well ...
> > >
> > > Unless someone on the list has a better idea (which they very well
> 
> > > may!!), IMHO the column name needs to be changed: hopefully this
> won't
> > > wreak havoc with existing code!
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Bill Graham
> > >
> > > > I am wondering if there is a way to 'turn off' this error
> checking (I
> > > > didn't see Text as a keyword in my SQL 92 book), or will I have
> to
> > > > change "Text" to something else?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > > >
> > > > PS: InstantDB is really a blast to work with!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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