[AccessD] On DB Bloat, Bad DB Design, and various

On 24 May 2004 at 12:22, Brett Barabash wrote:

> I've been watching this thread for a while now, and need to ask this
> question to Drew and JC:
> 
I'll answer it too.

> If you always allow 255 characters for your text fields, do you format your
> forms and reports to display that size of data?
> 
No. 
Forms: are formatted for expected input size. If you have longer data 
than expected, you can either enter the field and scroll through it 
or fo to datasheet view and widen the column.

Reports: That's what "Can grow" is for.

 
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