Field Description Won't Save in MSDE Table

I've been working with numerous tables (creating them, that is) in
MSDE.
Everything's working fine aside from the fact that I can't seem to get
any descriptive information on any field in any table to save.
I add the descriptive text to the field, click to save the table with
the newly-entered description, the hourglass displays and the table is
being saved, and then when the design view of the table refreshes, the
descriptions I've just entered on the various fields are gone.
Anyone else have problems with this?
Thanks!
Sincerely,
Brad H. McCollum
bmccoll1@.midsouth.rr.com
What application are you using to design the table?
Aaron Bertrand
SQL Server MVP
http://www.aspfaq.com/
"Brad H McCollum" <bmccoll1@.midsouth.rr.com> wrote in message
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> I've been working with numerous tables (creating them, that is) in
> MSDE.
> Everything's working fine aside from the fact that I can't seem to get
> any descriptive information on any field in any table to save.
> I add the descriptive text to the field, click to save the table with
> the newly-entered description, the hourglass displays and the table is
> being saved, and then when the design view of the table refreshes, the
> descriptions I've just entered on the various fields are gone.
> Anyone else have problems with this?
> Thanks!
> Sincerely,
> Brad H. McCollum
> bmccoll1@.midsouth.rr.com
|||I'm using MSDE Manager by Vale Software and haven't found anything
dealing with this issue on their website.
Thanks for any additional information/assistance/recommendations you
might be able to offer.
Sincerely,
Brad H. McCollum
bmccoll1@.midsouth.rr.com
"Aaron Bertrand - MVP" <aaron@.TRASHaspfaq.com> wrote in message news:<#DZOEnFNEHA.808@.tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>...[vbcol=seagreen]
> What application are you using to design the table?
> --
> Aaron Bertrand
> SQL Server MVP
> http://www.aspfaq.com/
>
>
> "Brad H McCollum" <bmccoll1@.midsouth.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:52031869.0405070905.9a523cb@.posting.google.co m...
|||hi Brad,
"Brad H McCollum" <bmccoll1@.midsouth.rr.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:52031869.0405100708.c92ddd@.posting.google.com ...
> I'm using MSDE Manager by Vale Software and haven't found anything
> dealing with this issue on their website.
> Thanks for any additional information/assistance/recommendations you
> might be able to offer.
>
coul'd be a "feature" of MSDE Manager, as both Enterprise Manager and my own
management tool, available at the link following my sign., provide the
expectet behaviour...
please contact the application provider...
Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
DbaMgr2k ver 0.7.0 - DbaMgr ver 0.53.0
(my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
interface)
-- remove DMO to reply
|||You should contact the vendor directly. I imagine it's not supported
because column descriptions are kind of superfluous. I tend to shy away
from storing column descriptions in the database, and instead opt for good
documentation on my tables. A user can always look at the documentation but
shouldn't be forced to read a (max 255?) character description by connecting
to the database.
Aaron Bertrand
SQL Server MVP
http://www.aspfaq.com/
"Brad H McCollum" <bmccoll1@.midsouth.rr.com> wrote in message
news:52031869.0405100708.c92ddd@.posting.google.com ...
> I'm using MSDE Manager by Vale Software and haven't found anything
> dealing with this issue on their website.
> Thanks for any additional information/assistance/recommendations you
> might be able to offer.
> Sincerely,
> Brad H. McCollum
> bmccoll1@.midsouth.rr.com