Newbie Questions

Re: Checkboxes in SQL2005 DB

rhyatt — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:01:04 GMT

Originally I had the checkboxes set as a No/Yes. Based on your suggestion I set all the DB fields for the checkboxes to BIT and set the cleared/Checked state to False/True. Saved all the changes and tested. I pulled up all of the old records from the DB and placed a check in the appropriate boxes. Saved the records and then ran a query on them. Everything works perfectly now. The checkboxes stay checked and display correctly.

Thanks for your help

Ron

Re: Checkboxes in SQL2005 DB

Hilary Stoupa — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:57:13 GMT

Hi -- this seems odd, doesn't it? Your checkbox controls -- do they set the value to true / false? Your database column, what data type is it? I'd set my checkbox controls to True / False and my SQL column to bit, myself.... Otherwise, I'd be on the lookout for issues regarding case, since 'yes' and 'Yes' are not considered equal, nor are 'true', 'True' and 'TRUE' -- usually when I've had a problem like this with a data bound form it has come down to something like this.

Checkboxes in SQL2005 DB

rhyatt — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:48:42 GMT

OK I am new to creating forms in infopath. As a test I built a local DB on my wporkstation and created an infopath form. The form is used as a compouter build checklist. Some of the fields are just checkboxes. When I built a test form and DB on my computer everything worked fine. Data was submitted to the DB and when you run a query on that record everything displays correctly on the form. When I built the full production form and the DB on our SQL server it doesn't work. When you fill out the form the check appears in the box and it submits just fine, but if you pull up the record from a query the checkboxes are empty. When I look at the DB the fields do have data in them. So it is writing to the DB just not displaying the results correctly with a query. Any Ideas?