With the Specs button, you can display
the Specifications window, where you can examine
the characteristics of the columns and fields in your map.
About this task
The following figure shows a sample Specifications window.Figure 1: The Specifications window
To use the Specifications window:
Procedure
Click Specs in the Map-Definition window
to display the Specifications window.
Select a column from the Columns list
box or a field from the Fields list box or
both.
The specification boxes in the lower part of the screen
display the characteristics of the selected items.
When you finish examining the specifications, click OK to
return to the Map-Definition window.
Results
The Specifications window displays
the attributes of columns and fields. The Specifications window
does not allow you to edit the attributes it displays. To change the
attributes of a field, you must modify the format of the data file.
(See Format options.) To change the
attributes of a column, you must use appropriate SQL statements to
modify the database table.