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Keeping Track

1.4.1 Field datatypes reference

The following is a short reference to the characteristics of the different field types.

For details, see 4.3.3 Field datatypes.

text

A one-line text string.

multitext

Multiple lines of text.

enum

The value in this field is required to be from a list of specified values, defined at the Support Site.

(See section The dbconfig file, for details.

multienum

Similar to the enum datatype, except that the field can contain multiple values.

enumerated-in-file

Similar to enum, but the allowed field values are listed in a separate file on the GNATS server.

multi-enumerated-in-file

Similar to enumerated-in-file, except that the field can contain multiple values.

date

Used to hold dates.

integer

Used to hold integer numbers.