Lookup column output includes strange characters.

Is it possible to create a custom lookup field type to have a BDC entity as the data source?

Hi All,

I have a document library that contains a Category column that is a lookup field. This is a default column that is a required field when uploading documents to the document library. The Category column is empty and I am unable to amend, hide, make it not required or delete it.

I have gone to Modify settings and columns -> clicked on the Category field to edit, but there is no option to amend the content or delete it. I am only able to amend the Column name and Description.

Since then, I have amended the column name to eg. Category1 and created a new Category field as a lookup and linked it to the correct list.

The problem I am facing now, is that I cannot hide, delete or make the Category1 (old Category) field NOT required. Either I would like to update the original field to display the correct values or alternately hide, delete or make the column not required.

Please help.

When a column that has a lookup is empty in datasheet view and I attempt to update a different column I get this message: the text entered for isn't an item from the list. select an item from the list, or enter text that matches one of the listed items.

I found this hotfix, but it did not apply.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948952

Any ideas how to get this resolved?

Hi.

I have a MySQL database, which contains columns with danish characters like ø æ and å.

When the MySqlDataReader tries to read this column name:

for (int i = 0; i < MysqlReader.FieldCount; i++)
{
       string Key = MysqlReader.GetName(i);

}

The result is not the expected character, but some kind of ASCII value of it. For an example, 'å' gets interpreted as 'Ã¥'.

What to do?

Thanks alot for your help :)

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Hi, I am trying to insert and export a binary file into SQL 2005. I need that word, pdf and txt file work. I can't use file path and this is the only choice I have. I am using this way: 1) Create a file test.txt and write "hello" into it. 2) CREATE TABLE [dbo].[myfiles]( [file] [varbinary](max) NOT NULL) ON Primary 3) INSERT INTO [myfiles]([file]) SELECT BulkColumn FROM OPENROWSET ( BULK 'C:\test.txt', SINGLE_BLOB) AS BinFile 4) declare @SQLcommand nvarchar(4000) set @SQLcommand =       'bcp "SELECT top 1 [file] FROM myfiles" queryout "c: \temp\test.txt" -T -n -SMYPC' exec xp_cmdshell @SQLcommand When I open file c:\temp\test.txt I can see strange characters before "hello" Trying to insert a word file says me that the file is corrupted. How can I solve this ? Thanks.

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