Editting Fields


What is a field?
A field is the name of a piece of data that you want to store in the UHSD. Common fields are things such as score, username, and secure. There are two fields for which the UHSD automatically gathers data: ip (user's IP address) and date (date of submittal). You may not use these field names for anything else but must include them if you want to store the IP address and Date. In addition, you may not use the following as field names:

There are two types of fields: numbers and strings. A number field is a field that contains a number. A string field is a field that contains text. The type of field is only used for sorting purposes. Numbers and text require two different forms of sorting.

It is recommended that you only use letters and numbers in your field names. Other characters may mess things up.


What are the Dos and Don'ts of Editting Fields?

Do

Don't

Switch field name, making sure to spell them exactly as they were spelled. Change anything in a field's name without checking the "I'm changing this field's name" box. If you do, all the values for that field will be deleted!
Leave a field blank to delete it. Don't try adding a new field by using the box of an old field. Although this will work fine, using a box with the Default Value option can be very useful.
Check the "I'm changing this field's name" box when changing anything in the field's name.  
Use the special fields with the Default Value option to add new fields.  

Hm...I thought that I'd have a lot more, but Iguess that I made the script more versatile than I thought.


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