character field

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character field

A data field that holds alphanumeric characters. Contrast with numeric field.

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No references found			uses extensive data entry correction rules to prevent errors such as double entries, numbers in character fields, impossible dates, and other data anomalies that can arise during manual data entry. Does ICR Keep Paper Forms Viable? by PHILLIPS, JOHN T. / Information Management Journal Many applications, on the other hand, use a perfectly innocent windowing protocol to process dates input as six characters to data files that store the result in an eight character field. PROPERTY by MANGAN, JOSEPH F. / Risk & Insurance X12 promised a partial solution by stripping out all those wasteful blank trailing spaces in character fields and even skipping totally blank fields so communications time and cost would be kept to a minimum. When X12 EDI makes sense by Hofrichter, Roy / Mortgage Banking			Characidae characin Characinoidei Characoidei Character Character Actor character adjustment character analysis character based character boundary character cell character code character convergence Character Dance character data character data type character defense character density character device character disorder character displacement character display terminal character emitter character encoding character encoding scheme character field character fill character generator character graphics character group character key Character Map character mode character neurosis character of the bottom character outline character pitch character printer character progression Character Reader character recognition character repertoire character set character set identifier character skew character stasis character string character string constant character stroke Character Studio character style			character defense character defense character density Character design Character design Character design Character design Character device Character disorder Character disorder character disorders character disorders character disorders character disorders Character displacement character display terminal Character divergence Character Education and Civic Engagement Technical Assistance Center Character Education Program Character Education Programme of New Zealand character emitter Character encoding Character encoding Character Encoding Framework character encoding scheme Character encodings Character Error Rate Character escaping Character evidence Character evidence character field character fill Character Form for the Representation and eXchange of Data Character generation Character generator Character generator Character Generator RAM Character Generator ROM character graphics Character Graphics Printer Character group Character Guidance Character Information Repository character key Character large object Character large object Character large object Character Level Character Limit Character Map Character Map character mode Character Mode Virtual Terminal character neurosis character neurosis character neurosis character of the bottom Character of the Month Character Oriented Message Catalog Character Oriented Protocol character outline

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