Newly added column has copy of random data from other columns - help

[JDPglenman]

When I add a new column to an existing table the new column is automatically populated with what appears to be random copies of data in other columns in the same table.

It has happened twice - the first time with longvarchar type columns and the second more recent one with varchar (length 50)

I would appreciate any advise anyone can give.

Jeremy

 

[mirtheil]

Sorry about that. Tom is right there DDFs (FILE, FIELD, and INDEX) describe each table and present the logical view of each Btrieve file. Each Btrieve file is typically defined as one table within the DDFs and a set of DDF defines multiple tables. You can get the file name of the underlying Btrieve file in the Properties tab. Also, BUTIL is a command line tool provided by Pervasive and is installed in the PVSW\BIN directory (along with the rest of the Pervasive components).

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