Charlotte Foust
cfoust at infostatsystems.com
Wed May 18 18:46:44 CDT 2005
LOL! The largest long house isn't going to require a number above an integer. <g> Charlotte Foust -----Original Message----- From: Stuart McLachlan [mailto:stuart at lexacorp.com.pg] Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 4:20 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: RE: [AccessD] Data Types (was - Global Variable) On 18 May 2005 at 14:49, John W. Colby wrote: > critical. It is obvious to me that 35K checks is not a reasonable > maximum and that for something like that an integer is inappropriate. > For "the number of people in your household" however, even an integer > is waaaaaay overkill. > Until your software is used in places like parts of PNG, Borneo and other places where they have communal "long houses" and you can get 300+ people in a "household" <VBG> -- Stuart -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com