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1.4.1 Field datatypes reference

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

For details, see 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 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.