Increase Field Length

asking

I know just by topic some experts may say another beginner is heading wrong way No i do not want to increase the length. But i have a different question.

I created a form with table "Field". Now there i randomly picked a field and increased length of it i noticed that it updated the length in actual table as well. :roll:
Now my question is : System would have taken care of all places including posted tables, codeunits etc and would have increased data type size there as well ?

Savatage

asking wrote:

Now my question is : System would have taken care of all places including posted tables, codeunits etc and would have increased data type size there as well ?

no

if this was the case then no wouldn't be the answer

you can test it yourself if you wish
change the item description to "whatever" add 1 charater. (30 to 31)

now look at the sales line table & description - you'll see that remains the original length.
many posts on this.

first ask why the field needs increasing?
second is it for display only
third will a new field accomplish this task
fourth (probably not 4th) is the client willing to pay to have this chnagedd thruout the system and keep paying everytime they upgrade.

if it's a major field (key) it's a monster job.

asking

Savatage wrote:

first ask why the field needs increasing?
second is it for display only
third will a new field accomplish this task
fourth (probably not 4th) is the client willing to pay to have this chnagedd thruout the system and keep paying everytime they upgrade. if it's a major field (key) it's a monster job.

Thanks for this experienced advice =D> . Hmmmmm you are right upgrade will be miserable though i can imagine only as I have never done any.

Seems I will learn a lot from forum. Thanks once again, yeah but I will check it by myself also.