1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. 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See the License for the 20*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * specific language governing permissions and limitations 21*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * under the License. 22*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 23*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski ***********************************************************--> 24*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 25*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 26*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 27*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<helpdocument version="1.0"> 28*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<meta> 29*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<topic id="textshared0201170904xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Combo Box Wizard: Database Field</title> 31*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<filename>/text/shared/02/01170904.xhp</filename> 32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</topic> 33*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<history> 34*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created> 35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<lastedited date="2005-05-03T12:06:24">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited> 36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</history> 37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</meta> 38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<body> 39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<section id="seite3b"> 40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3144740" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/shared/02/01170904.xhp" name="Combo Box Wizard: Database Field">Combo Box Wizard: Database Field</link></paragraph> 41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153323" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">With the combination fields, you can either save the value of a field in a database or display this value in a form.</paragraph> 42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</section> 43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155150" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">The user values entered in the combination field or selected in the list can be saved in the database table that is accessed in the form. Note that the saving of values in another table is not possible. If the values are not to be saved in a database, they will be saved only in the form. This is especially helpful in HTML forms, where the user's entered or selected values are to be assigned to a server.</paragraph> 44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<section id="howtoget"> 45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <embed href="text/shared/00/00040501.xhp#aupikomli3b"/> 46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</section> 47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149760" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Do you want to save the value in a database field?</paragraph> 48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150178" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Two options are available for this question:</paragraph> 49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!-- removed HID DBP_RADIOBUTTON_RID_PAGE_OPTION_DBFIELD_RB_STOREINFIELD_YES --> 50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153394" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="5">Yes, I want to save it in the following database field</paragraph> 51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147043" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6"><ahelp hid="DBP_RADIOBUTTON_RID_PAGE_OPTION_DBFIELD_RB_STOREINFIELD_YES">Specifies whether the user's entered or selected combination field value should be saved in a database field.</ahelp> Several database table fields are offered which can be accessed in the current form.</paragraph> 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145212" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">In <link href="text/shared/02/01170102.xhp" name="Control - Properties">Control - Properties</link> the selected field appears as an entry in the <emph>Data</emph> tab page under <emph>Data field</emph>.</paragraph> 53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!-- removed HID DBP_LISTBOX_RID_PAGE_OPTION_DBFIELD_LB_STOREINFIELD --> 54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149177" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="7">List field</paragraph> 55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147008" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8"><ahelp hid="DBP_LISTBOX_RID_PAGE_OPTION_DBFIELD_LB_STOREINFIELD">Specifies the data field where the combination field value should be saved.</ahelp></paragraph> 56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!-- removed HID DBP_RADIOBUTTON_RID_PAGE_OPTION_DBFIELD_RB_STOREINFIELD_NO --> 57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148538" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="9">No, I only want to save the value in the form</paragraph> 58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149398" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10"><ahelp hid="DBP_RADIOBUTTON_RID_PAGE_OPTION_DBFIELD_RB_STOREINFIELD_NO">Specifies that the value of this combination field will not be written in the database and will only be saved in the form.</ahelp></paragraph> 59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</body> 60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument> 61