Frequently Asked Questions
'Translate error, value out of bounds' error
Question:
"Translate error, value out of bounds" error with blank date
fields: What causes this error and how do I get around the problem?
Answer:
Fox Pro stores one of three things in a date field:
- An actual date (ex 19970727 is 7/27/1997)
- 8 Spaces (ASCII 20)
- 8 Zeros (ASCII 30)
All of these are acceptable to Fox Pro. The Fox Pro driver for
the BDE only accepts 1 & 2 as valid dates and returns a
translate error for the 3rd (8 ASCII zeros) as it doesn't
consider this as a valid date. To fix the problem, restructure
the date field to a char field and then restructure the table
again changing the char filed back to a date field. This
translation writes back only valid values to the date field and
fixes the problem.
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