Property Name

The use of this field depends on what form you are working with:

  • On the IDO Property Wizard form, provide a name for the new property.
  • On the IDO Wizard form and the IDO Table Bind Properties form, this field is initially populated with proposed names, depending on the selected Primary Base Table. You can can change them to suit your needs.
  • On the IDO Properties form, you can also create and assign a new name.
  • On the Edit Validators form, select the property to be evaluated.
  • On all other forms, this field displays the name of the IDO property and is read-only.

A valid IDO property name has these characteristics:

  • Is unique in the IDO
  • Consists only of alphanumeric and underscore (_) characters
  • Starts with an alphabetic (not numeric) character or an underscore
  • Does not contain spaces
  • Is not a SQL reserved word

In a property name that has been modified by the system's validation procedures, invalid characters are replaced with an underscore and the name is prefixed with an underscore.