Data and Field Types

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This section contains a list of data types and functions you can use to operate on data types.

In This Section

  • Visual FoxPro Data and Field Types
    Provides information about Visual FoxPro data types, including descriptions and permissible values and the range and size of those values.
  • Visual FoxPro and XML Schema Data Type Mapping
    Describes XML Schema data types and shows how they map to Visual FoxPro data types and the reverse.
  • Character Data Type
    Discusses when you would choose the Character data type.
  • Currency Data Type
    Discusses when you would use the Currency data type as opposed to Numeric.
  • Date Data Type
    Discusses the Date data type and the rules that apply to it.
  • DateTime Data Type
    Discusses when you would choose this data type and the rules that apply.
  • Double Field Type
    Describes when you would use this type instead of Numeric.
  • Float Field Type
    Provides information about the Float data type, which is functionally equivalent to Numeric.
  • General Field Type
    Provides information about when you would use the General field type.
  • Integer Field Type
    Discusses the Integer field type, which is used for non-decimal numeric values where performance and table storage limitations are important.
  • Logical Data Type
    Describes an efficient way to store data that has only two values
  • Memo Field Type
    Describes the Memo field type, which is used to store blocks of data.
  • Numeric Data Type
    Discusses when you would use Numeric data.
  • Variant Data Type
    Discusses data types that can contain any kind of data except fixed-length data.
  • Language Categories
    Contains a list of language functionality and descriptions.
  • Using Visual FoxPro
    Discusses how Visual FoxPro programming features are designed to improve developer productivity, including Access and Assign methods, support for more graphic file formats, and language to simplify programming tasks.
  • Developing Visual FoxPro Applications
    Includes conceptual information about how to develop Visual FoxPro applications, instructions for creating databases and the user interface, and other tasks needed to create Visual FoxPro applications.
  • Programming in Visual FoxPro
    Describes how you can access the full power of Visual FoxPro by creating applications. Understanding object-oriented programming techniques and the event-driven model can maximize your programming productivity.