Difference between revisions of "Common:SpecifyingEnumerationValues"

Latest revision as of 01:24, 18 March 2014

When you select this type for an object field, a text area lets you enter values.
- Enter the names of the values, one per line, in the order they will be displayed.
- When the user makes a selection, the value that is stored is the text entered on that line. So:
  1. If you change the order later, existing values are not affected.
  2. If you remove an entry at a later date, or change the spelling of a value, existing records that have that value are not affected. Either clean up the object data, or take that possible value into account in your design for backward compatibility.

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-*When you select this type for an object field, a text area lets you enter values.
+:*When you select this type for an object field, a text area lets you enter values.
-** Enter the names of the values, one per line, in the order they will be displayed.
+:** Enter the names of the values, one per line, in the order they will be displayed.
-**When the user makes a selection, the value that is stored is the text entered on that line. So:
+:**When the user makes a selection, the value that is stored is the text entered on that line. So:
-**#If you change the order later, existing values are not affected.
+:**#If you change the order later, existing values are not affected.
-**#If you remove an entry at a later date, existing records that have that value are not affected. (Either purge the database, or take that possible value into account in your design, for backward compatibility.)
+:**#If you remove an entry at a later date, or change the spelling of a value, existing records that have that value are not affected. Either clean up the object data, or take that possible value into account in your design for backward compatibility.