Crystal Reports 8.5 - Describe table

[mastertorr]

Having some trouble figuring this out. Was wondering if there is a way, in Crystal Reports 8.5, to describe a table in crystal reports? or print the field types (field name, string, 255 characters) for cetain tables? e.g. (FirstName, String, 255) or (Date_Of_Birth, DateTime) etc.

Any help would be appreciated...
Thank you!

 

[hilfy]

There is no way to do this based on the schema for the table unless the information you want is stored in the data of another table.

In other words, you can report off of data but not off of metadata.

-Dell

A computer only does what you actually told it to do - not what you thought you told it to do.

 

[mastertorr]

Thank you for your reply. Greatly appreciate it.

 

[Madawc]

You can export the 'Report Definition', which will give you all such details. Separate from the report output, unfortunately.

Madawc Williams (East Anglia, UK). Using Crystal 10 & 11.5 with Windows XP