V4REV update -- specific methods

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

On 9/1/05 7:53 PM, "Trevor DeVore" <trevor at mangomultimedia.com> wrote:

>>>>     - Need for some special methods for Rev ?
>>>>         we have such methods in V4MD for example.
>>> 
>>> I haven't thought about this or tried to use V4REV in a project yet
>>> so I don't have much input here yet.  What kinds of methods do you
>>> have for V4MD?
>> 
>>     Cursor_GetRecord()
>>     Cursor_GetRecords()
>> 
>>     Cursor_GetRecordAsPropertyList()
>>     Cursor_GetRecordsAsPropertyList()
>> 
>>     Cursor_GetRecordAsString()
>>     Cursor_GetRecordsAsString()
> 
> OK.  Does Val 2.x support binding?  I know in 1.x binding was
> supported in RB but not in Rev.  If it is supported in 2.x it would
> be nice if support for this was available in Rev.

Please clarify what binding you mean:
    SQL binding:        WHERE f1 = :1 and f2 = :2
Or 
    binding to GUI controls

?


> As for time savers -
> 
> 1) Returning text without using a cursor: Handler for executing a SQL
> call and return the records as text that has user defined column and
> row delimiters.  There is something like this in Valentina 1.x and
> the revDB interface has a handler called revDataFromQuery.

I see.

Ivan, we have such method in V4REV 2?
 
> That is all I can think of right now.  There is no array in Rev that
> you can enumerate through.

> In my database library I create arrays  with a defined "Length" key that the
> user can use to loop through all  returned records but I don't know that you
> want to tackle something  like that from within the external.  Perhaps some
> other ideas with  come to mind later.
  
Ok!
  
-- 
Best regards,

Ruslan Zasukhin
VP Engineering and New Technology
Paradigma Software, Inc

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