Hi,
I have an Access 2010 db which has a load of global variables of type Boolean. The values are different for each machine the database is stored on, so I have a linked table to a separate Access mdb. On startup the database opens the linked table and assigns values to each variable.
However I need to differentiate between a valuable value of False and the variable having not been set. As boolean variables default to False, this is a problem. One option is to use data type Variant, but I know this is not efficient. I am considering using data type Byte instead of Boolean, with 1 as False and 2 as True, but can someone tell me if this is the most efficient way and what is the commonly established way of dealing with this?
Many thanks,
Jim
I have an Access 2010 db which has a load of global variables of type Boolean. The values are different for each machine the database is stored on, so I have a linked table to a separate Access mdb. On startup the database opens the linked table and assigns values to each variable.
However I need to differentiate between a valuable value of False and the variable having not been set. As boolean variables default to False, this is a problem. One option is to use data type Variant, but I know this is not efficient. I am considering using data type Byte instead of Boolean, with 1 as False and 2 as True, but can someone tell me if this is the most efficient way and what is the commonly established way of dealing with this?
Many thanks,
Jim