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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.