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@VladislavL

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TDBEdit displays (MEMO) instead of original value
« on: March 16, 2023, 10:10:26 am »
How to correct this behavior?

dseligo

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Re: TDBEdit displays (MEMO) instead of original value
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2023, 12:20:02 pm »
In you select statement do this for column that behaves like this in dbedit:
Code: Pascal  [Select][+][-]
  1. SQL.Text := 'select ..., cast(your_column as varchar(50)) as your_column, ... '

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Re: TDBEdit displays (MEMO) instead of original value
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2023, 02:04:52 pm »
How to correct this behavior?
By searching the Forum first....
i think this question has been asked and answered at least 5 times in the last two years
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Re: TDBEdit displays (MEMO) instead of original value
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2023, 03:07:28 pm »
Why use tDbEdit on a memo field, use tDbMemo instead.
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@VladislavL

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Re: TDBEdit displays (MEMO) instead of original value
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2023, 04:01:42 pm »
In you select statement do this for column that behaves like this in dbedit:
Code: Pascal  [Select][+][-]
  1. SQL.Text := 'select ..., cast(your_column as varchar(50)) as your_column, ... '
Thanks, I'll try.

@VladislavL

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Re: TDBEdit displays (MEMO) instead of original value
« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2023, 04:04:35 pm »
Why use tDbEdit on a memo field, use tDbMemo instead.
I have a simple text field, not a memo.

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Re: TDBEdit displays (MEMO) instead of original value
« Reply #6 on: March 17, 2023, 05:28:08 pm »
If a tdbedit or tdbgrid shows ‘Memo’ it usually means that the source field in the database is a memo field. Have you tried replacing the tdbedit by a tdbmemo, just as a test?
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Re: TDBEdit displays (MEMO) instead of original value
« Reply #7 on: March 17, 2023, 10:08:59 pm »
If a tdbedit or tdbgrid shows ‘Memo’ it usually means that the source field in the database is a memo field. Have you tried replacing the tdbedit by a tdbmemo, just as a test?
He‘s probably using SQLite, and it‘s a known issue with DBGrid for SQLite text columns that the grid thinks it‘s memo instead of plain text
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Re: TDBEdit displays (MEMO) instead of original value
« Reply #8 on: March 17, 2023, 11:49:30 pm »
But he specifically mentions tdbedit and not tdbgrid, that is why I ask.
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@VladislavL

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Re: TDBEdit displays (MEMO) instead of original value
« Reply #9 on: March 18, 2023, 03:31:48 am »
If a tdbedit or tdbgrid shows ‘Memo’ it usually means that the source field in the database is a memo field. Have you tried replacing the tdbedit by a tdbmemo, just as a test?
He‘s probably using SQLite, and it‘s a known issue with DBGrid for SQLite text columns that the grid thinks it‘s memo instead of plain text
You're right.

@VladislavL

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Re: TDBEdit displays (MEMO) instead of original value
« Reply #10 on: March 18, 2023, 03:34:52 am »
In you select statement do this for column that behaves like this in dbedit:
Code: Pascal  [Select][+][-]
  1. SQL.Text := 'select ..., cast(your_column as varchar(50)) as your_column, ... '
It helped, thanks.

 

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