Hello,
I wanted to know that there is form form1 which is having a table ABC and field XYZ(integer type).
This form is in production environment.
Now, we wanted to change it as datatype real for field XYZ(real type).
What should i do? which should not affect the data as it may cause issue with the data.
Should I delete this field and create a new field with same name?
Regards,
AyuSri
Hi aayushi,
Deleting the field and creating the new field with same name will sometimes cause synchronization issue and it will take time to resolve it.
So, if you are deleting the field and recreating the same field with different type follow different naming convention.
Also, if you delete that field, data for that field will be lost. Better you keep that field and create a new field.
Thanks,
Girish S.
Hi aayushii, Data type of field can't be changed. You need to delete it and create a real type field. The data for integer field will be deleted, so export it before applying the change in production, in case you want to re use it.
How about other fields which might be populating data from that integer field?
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