[DUG] Issue with TDBEdit component

[Todd Martin]

Are you using a persistent TStringField in your form/datamodule? If so, is the 
size property set?

Todd.

On Friday 07 Apr 2006 19:23, Phil Hayward wrote:
> I am having problems getting a TDBEdit field to
> recognise a new table column length.
>
> I have an application I have been asked to make
> modifications to.
> It has a TDBEdit component on the form. It has a data
> source set and happily reads and writes back to an
> Interbase table.
> The table column is a varchar(25).
> The modification required is to allow text of up to 50
> characters be entered into the table.
> I have altered the table column to varchar(50) I have
> confirmed that 50 characters can be entered into the
> column.
> What do I now have to do to make the TDBEdit component
> now recognise this column as a varchar(50).
> I set the MaxLength to 50. It allows the entry of 50
> characters but then immediately truncates the entered
> text to 25 characters as soon as the TDBEdit component
> loses focus on the form. On saving the data it posts
> 25 characters to the table.
> It would seem that I have missed a very simple setting
> on the component. Can anyone assist.
>
> Regards
> Phil