--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "Vic Drecchio" <vic.drecchio@...> wrote:
>Even if you are updating user defined fields in a table were records already exist you should be fine.
> Michael,
>
> Yes, you'll be safe if you are only playing with a UD table with ODBC.
>
> I have a SQL database and I have a whole entire intranet site writing to
> various UD tables and then I use that data within Vantage in various
> capacities.
>
>
> Vic
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
> Of Michael McWilliams
> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 11:27 AM
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Vantage] External app writing to UD table
>
> Anyone have details on creating an external app to connect to UDTable,
> find record and update a field. We want to create a small app where the
> user inputs a "UD" record number and a value to populate a VB field.
> Once they transmit it will connect to the DB find the record & update
> the table. Can I just use ODBC since this is just a UD Table?
>
>
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