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    #1

    Delete Column?

    I imported a few fields I don't want. E.g., country is US. No need for that, b/c that's true of all records. How can I delete it? Thanks!
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    #2
    Open the table structure and delete the fields.

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      #3
      Roy, you could restructure the table by deleting the fields you don't need. Help is available under the index topic "Table", subindex "Restructure".

      -- tom

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        #4
        Originally posted by agm
        I imported a few fields I don't want. E.g., country is US. No need for that, b/c that's true of all records. How can I delete it? Thanks!
        Or can you rerun the import and tell it not to import the fields that you don't want?
        Al Buchholz
        Bookwood Systems, LTD
        Weekly QReportBuilder Webinars Thursday 1 pm CST

        Occam's Razor - KISS
        Normalize till it hurts - De-normalize till it works.
        Advice offered and questions asked in the spirit of learning how to fish is better than someone giving you a fish.
        When we triage a problem it is much easier to read sample systems than to read a mind.
        "Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler."
        Albert Einstein

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          #5
          can't save changes

          Thank you, everyone. It is easy to just open that table structure in design view and delete. But I am getting a message that I cannot open the program in exclusive mode and my changes are not being saved. It's just me and I closed and re-opened, but same message. What's the problem with this?

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            #6
            Assuming that you don't have another object(form, browse, report, code) that has the table open, you may have to close Alpha and restart. At worst a system reboot will clear the problem - sometimes it's something other than Alpha.

            From the control panel, chose file - database information and you will see the open tables. It doesn't tell what has it open, but at least you know.
            Al Buchholz
            Bookwood Systems, LTD
            Weekly QReportBuilder Webinars Thursday 1 pm CST

            Occam's Razor - KISS
            Normalize till it hurts - De-normalize till it works.
            Advice offered and questions asked in the spirit of learning how to fish is better than someone giving you a fish.
            When we triage a problem it is much easier to read sample systems than to read a mind.
            "Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler."
            Albert Einstein

            http://www.iadn.com/images/media/iadn_member.png

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              #7
              The delete function held when I deleted a column. The renaming of columns does not stick though. However, I am not getting any message to that effect - it just goes back to "Field1" when the table is re-opened.

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                #8
                language

                Dear Roy,

                You are using the term "column". The respondants have been translating this to a table 'field'. I'm sensing some disconnect here. When you are saying 'delete function held when I deleted a column'... What does deleting a column and renaming a column mean to you? The standard language when refering to a table is 'field' not 'columns', but this can get mixed up if the reference is to embedded browses. The language is key to getting your points/thoughts across.

                Mike W.
                Mike W
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                "I rebel in at least small things to express to the world that I have not completely surrendered"

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                  #9
                  clarification

                  To clarify, I mean that when I look at the fields in a datasheet view the name at the top of each column of fields is simply "field1", "field2", etc. When I view the table structure through - I think it is the "object browser" - then I can find what appears to be a tree of attributes for each field. One is entitled column="" or something similar. When I input a name, e.g., "Name", this shows up when I once again view the data in columnar fashion through a datasheet view. But when I close the table and re-open . . . back to "field1", field2", etc.

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                    #10
                    Roy, that helps.

                    You're modifying the browse layout through which the records are being displayed. This does not change the actual field names in the structure of the table.

                    Suggest you read the Help file sections I referred to you earlier. Then compare those with the Help file sections on modifying browse layouts.

                    -- tom

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                      #11
                      and that did work

                      Worked perfectly - thanks.

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