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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Combo Box Wizard: Database Field</title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3144740" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/shared/02/01170904.xhp" name="Combo Box Wizard: Database Field">Combo Box Wizard: Database Field</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153323" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">With the combination fields, you can either save the value of a field in a database or display this value in a form.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155150" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">The user values entered in the combination field or selected in the list can be saved in the database table that is accessed in the form. Note that the saving of values in another table is not possible. If the values are not to be saved in a database, they will be saved only in the form. This is especially helpful in HTML forms, where the user's entered or selected values are to be assigned to a server.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149760" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Do you want to save the value in a database field?</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150178" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Two options are available for this question:</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153394" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="5">Yes, I want to save it in the following database field</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147043" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6"><ahelp hid="DBP_RADIOBUTTON_RID_PAGE_OPTION_DBFIELD_RB_STOREINFIELD_YES">Specifies whether the user's entered or selected combination field value should be saved in a database field.</ahelp> Several database table fields are offered which can be accessed in the current form.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145212" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">In <link href="text/shared/02/01170102.xhp" name="Control - Properties">Control - Properties</link> the selected field appears as an entry in the <emph>Data</emph> tab page under <emph>Data field</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149177" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="7">List field</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147008" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8"><ahelp hid="DBP_LISTBOX_RID_PAGE_OPTION_DBFIELD_LB_STOREINFIELD">Specifies the data field where the combination field value should be saved.</ahelp></paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148538" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="9">No, I only want to save the value in the form</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149398" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10"><ahelp hid="DBP_RADIOBUTTON_RID_PAGE_OPTION_DBFIELD_RB_STOREINFIELD_NO">Specifies that the value of this combination field will not be written in the database and will only be saved in the form.</ahelp></paragraph>
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