DbServer.FIELDPUT Method |  |
Set the value of a field identified by its position.
Namespace: VO
Assembly: VORDDClasses (in VORDDClasses.dll) Version: 2.21
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The value assigned to the field. If nFieldPos does not correspond to the position of any field in the data server, DBServer:FieldPut() returns NIL.
Parameters
- uField (Optional)
- Type: Usual
The name, number, or symbol representing the desired field. - uValue (Optional)
- Type: Usual
The value to assign to the field. The data type of this expression must match the data type of the field.
Return Value
Type: UsualThe value assigned to the field. If nFieldPos does not correspond to the position of any field in the data server, DBServer:FieldPut() returns NIL.
Remarks
DBServer:FieldPut() allows you to set the value of a field using its position within the database file structure rather than its field name. Within generic database service functions this allows, among other things, the setting of field values without use of the macro operator.
Shared mode: For a shared database, this function requires a record lock. Refer to the "Concurrency Control" chapter in the Programmer's Guide for more information on locking.
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| DBServer:FieldPut() can be used with a BLOB field (that is, a memo field associated with a BLOB file), provided the length of the field does not exceed 64KB. |
Examples
This example compares DBServer:FieldPut() to functionally equivalent code that uses the macro operator to set the value of a field:
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1LOCAL nFieldPos := 1, FName, FVal 2LOCAL oDBCust := Customer{} AS DBServer 3// Set field value using macro operator 4FName := oDBCust:FieldName(nFieldPos) 5oDBCust:&FName := FVal 6// Set field value using FieldPut() samples: 7oDBCust:FieldPut(nFieldPos, FVal) 8oDBCust:FieldPut( #SSN, SELF:oDCsleSSN:Value ) 9oDBCust:FieldPut( "SSN", SELF:cSSN )
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