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gemisigo



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There is this crafty little feature with which you can change the Display Format of the result set, eg. you can change the Thousands separator for a column displaying Integer Numbers. That helps tremendously when trying to estimate the order of larger numbers. However, it has an adverse side-effect when copying the cell's contents, because it changes the display format and the cell value too. Let's say, I set space or comma for the thousands separator. When I copy the contents/value of that cell from the result pane, I no longer get a nice and lengthy number on the clipboard, I also get the separator characters which sometimes makes the destination app/form/whatever unable to recognize that as a number. Is there a way to copy the raw data from the cell, or does that feature change that as well?
Wed Aug 10, 2022 4:40 am View user's profile Send private message
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Here is the trick. Right-click the grid and select Save to Workspace Database. Then click File -> Open Workspace Database. You data is saved there in the original format.
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gemisigo



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That works. My only issue with that approach is that it is usually not much faster (íf at all) than changing the Display Format back-and-forth and it also clutters the Workspace Database. I use that feature extensively and like to keep it relatively clean.
Thu Aug 11, 2022 6:36 am View user's profile Send private message
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