Newbie question on RecID

[Rick Robinson]

What does:

test = str(myDataBase.recipe.GetRecID)

(Where myDataBase is my database object and recipe is my baseObject).

Do?

I see this code in some of the example. This actually does return a 
number, but it does not seem to be the same each time I access a record.

The cursor is populated!

Rick

On Wednesday, January 22, 2003, at 12:06  PM, Keith DeLong wrote:

>> This isn't working, I get an exception when I try:
>>
>> rnumber = myCursor.ULongField("RecID").value
>
> I'd guess that either mycursor didn't select recID or rNumber is not an
> integer.
>
> Try MsgBox cursor.field("RecID").getstring
>
>> I've checked that my select is using "**" instead of just "*".
>
> As long as you've done a select properly, it means you've got the 
> RecID in
> your cursor.
>
>
> To check your cursor try:
> Msgbox str(cursor.recordcount). This will tell you if you have a valid
> cursor with how many records in it. If it throws an exception, cursor 
> is not
> populated yet.
>
>> I can't see the RecID from within the Valentina App. Am I supposed to
>> be able to?
>
> No. The RecID is a value internally generated by Valentina. Every 
> record has
> one. It's helpful for me to think of it as the line number of a table. 
> It's
> a real thing but not a field in the table.
>
>> I assume the RecID is created automatically? When does that
>> happen?
>
> As soon as you add a record, it has a location (if you will a line 
> number in
> a table). If you delete this record, this 'line' now has no record 
> therefore
> there is no RecId. When you add another record, it could be saved to 
> this
> line in the future. It's helpful to remember then that RecID's will be
> reused.
>
>> Is it possible there is no field RecID in my table/baseobject?
>
> No.
>
> It'll start to make a lot more sense as you grasp Ruslan's logic :-)
>
> Keith DeLong
>
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