PRB: Remote View of 2.x Table Changes Numeric Field Data Type

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Steps to Reproduce Problem

1. Copy the Invoices table from FoxPro for MS-DOS 2.6 or FoxPro for Windows 2.6 into your default Visual FoxPro directory.
2. Modify a database, and create a new remote view.
3. Select Available data sources, and choose FoxPro Files from the list.
4. When the Open dialog box appears, choose the Invoices table.
5. Choose your fields to display, and then run the query.
6. You should notice that the INO field in the view now has a decimal point with two zeros.
7. Type the following command in the command window:

         ?DBGETPROP('remote view name.fieldname', 'field', 'datatype')
   						

   Notice it returns b(8,2), indicating a datatype of Double.
8. Type the following command in the command window:

         ?DBSSETPROP('remote view name.fieldname',  ;
            'field','datatype','n(4,0)')
   						

   This will set the data type back to its correct value.