Re: Exclude a field from an SQL View -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: Exclude a field from an SQL View
From: Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2016 08:48:21 -0400
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Here's a bizarre, but effective thing to try

ALTER the column, turn on implictly hidden
create the view and test it
alter the column and turn off hidden
test the view and see if it still omits the column.
I believe it should.
However I am extremely short of time to test.

Rob Berendt

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