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author | James Ahlborn <jtahlborn@yahoo.com> | 2012-11-20 02:41:04 +0000 |
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committer | James Ahlborn <jtahlborn@yahoo.com> | 2012-11-20 02:41:04 +0000 |
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update faq
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diff --git a/src/site/fml/faq.fml b/src/site/fml/faq.fml index 624efe9..5c9e8d7 100644 --- a/src/site/fml/faq.fml +++ b/src/site/fml/faq.fml @@ -16,17 +16,55 @@ <faq id="formats"> <question>What Access formats does it support?</question> <answer> - <p>As of the 1.2.0 release, Jackcess supports Access database versions - 2000-2007. Access 97 databases are not supported.</p> + <p>As of the 1.2.4 release, Jackcess supports Access database versions + 2000-2010 read/write and Access 97 read-only.</p> </answer> </faq> <faq id="passwords"> <question>Are password protected databases supported?</question> <answer> - <p>Basic password protection is merely software enforced, and Jackcess - does not do any password checking at this point. So, a password - protected database can be used the same as any other.</p> + <p>Basic password protection (Access 2003 or earlier) is merely + software enforced, and Jackcess does not do any password checking + at this point. So, a password protected database can be used the + same as any other.</p> + </answer> + </faq> + + <faq id="input"> + <question>What sorts of input/data validation does Jackcess support?</question> + <answer> + <p>Data validation in Access is controlled via a variety of + mechanisms, not all of which are supported by Jackces. See the + table below for details:</p> + <table> + <tr> + <th>Data Validation Type</th> + <th>Support</th> + </tr> + <tr> + <td>Data types (Text, Number, etc.)</td> + <td>Yes</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td>Field sizes (min/max length, precision, etc.)</td> + <td>Yes</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td>Unique constraints (indexes)</td> + <td>Yes</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td>"Enforce Referential Integrity" (aka foreign key + constraints)</td> + <td>Off by default, optional support available in 1.2.10 + release.</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td>Field/Table Properties (Validation rules, Input masks, etc)</td> + <td>No</td> + </tr> + </table> </answer> </faq> @@ -282,7 +320,7 @@ <a href="apidocs/com/healthmarketscience/jackcess/CodecProvider.html">CodecProvider</a>. The separate <a href="http://jackcessencrypt.sourceforge.net/">Jackcess Encrypt project</a> contains the <a href="http://jackcessencrypt.sourceforge.net/apidocs/com/healthmarketscience/jackcess/CryptCodecProvider.html">CryptCodecProvider</a>, - which implements of the Jackess CodecProvider interface and supports + which implements the Jackess CodecProvider interface and supports some forms of Access database encryption. </answer> </faq> @@ -303,14 +341,14 @@ <question>It doesn't work!</question> <answer> <p> - Ok, that wasn't a question, but we'll try to respond anyway. :) - Jackcess is young, and not that robust yet. As you might imagine, - it's kind of hard to test, simply by its nature. There are - bugs that we are aware of, and certainly many more that we are not. - If you find what looks like a bug, please - <a href="http://sf.net/tracker/?group_id=134943&atid=731445">report it.</a> - Even better, fix it, and - <a href="http://sf.net/tracker/?group_id=134943&atid=731447">submit a patch.</a> + Ok, that wasn't a question, but we'll try to respond anyway. :) As + you might imagine, it's kind of hard to test, simply by its nature. + There are bugs that we are aware of, and certainly many more that we + are not. If you find what looks like a bug, please <a + href="http://sf.net/tracker/?group_id=134943&atid=731445">report + it.</a> Even better, fix it, and <a + href="http://sf.net/tracker/?group_id=134943&atid=731447">submit + a patch.</a> </p> </answer> </faq> |