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micoudic

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[SOLVED]TbufDataSet and setting compound keys
« on: September 19, 2023, 09:49:43 am »
hi,
How to indicate keys (composed with 2 fields) in the bufdataset?
FYI, I use .dbf files and I was looking for a solution to be able to sort on calculated fields. I don't want to (can't) change everything to use an SQL database.
I rely on the bufdataset to display and update it, and I maintain my DBF tables in parallel.

The problem with bufdataset:
"Indexdefs" is grayed out in the IDE and cannot document "IndexName" and "IndexFileNames".
I tried this:
  on the "Indexdefs" line of the bufdataset, click on "..." and create an index by defining its name, its characteristics and the key fields,
then I document the "IndexName" property. The fields constituting the key are not displayed, and if I fill them in manually, everything disappears.
I tried to create this index by coding in my program.
The compilation runs fine, everything appears fine, but sorting on these keys does not work.
Thanks.
« Last Edit: September 20, 2023, 06:52:57 pm by micoudic »

Zvoni

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Re: TbufDataSet and setting compound keys
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2023, 11:50:03 am »
hi,
How to indicate keys (composed with 2 fields) in the bufdataset?
FYI, I use .dbf files and I was looking for a solution to be able to sort on calculated fields. I don't want to (can't) change everything to use an SQL database.
I rely on the bufdataset to display and update it, and I maintain my DBF tables in parallel.

The problem with bufdataset:
"Indexdefs" is grayed out in the IDE and cannot document "IndexName" and "IndexFileNames".
I tried this:
  on the "Indexdefs" line of the bufdataset, click on "..." and create an index by defining its name, its characteristics and the key fields,
then I document the "IndexName" property. The fields constituting the key are not displayed, and if I fill them in manually, everything disappears.
I tried to create this index by coding in my program.
The compilation runs fine, everything appears fine, but sorting on these keys does not work.
Thanks.

https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/fcl/bufdataset/tcustombufdataset.indexdefs.html
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IndexDefs is a read-only TIndexDefs property that contains the index definitions for the buffered dataset.

How to create an Index for a dbf
http://www.dbase.com/help/Local_SQL/IDH_LSQL_CREATEINDEX.htm
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micoudic

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Re: TbufDataSet and setting compound keys
« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2023, 09:29:21 pm »
Okay, I found a solution that works for me.
Thanks for the time spent

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« Last Edit: September 19, 2023, 10:12:59 pm by micoudic »

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Re: TbufDataSet and setting compound keys
« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2023, 08:34:24 pm »
Okay, I found a solution that works for me.
Thanks for the time spent

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