Retrieving non-string values

[Charles Yeomans]

On Jan 14, 2004, at 1:38 PM, chuck hinkle wrote:

>
>
> I don't know why I continue to be confused by this topic; it doesn't 
> seem
> like it should be difficult.
>
>
> I have a table with a variable in it named Vsize, and it's defined as a
> vuShort. In my RB program, I'm having trouble moving it to a variable
> dimensioned as an integer.
>
> I know that if my variable were a string, I could use
>     VSize = my_cursor.field("VSize").getstring
>> From what I read, it seems like I need to do
>     VSize = vushort(my_cursor.field("VSize"))  but that gives me a Type
> Mismatch error (perhaps because I'm trying to move a vushort to an
> integer?).
>
> Any advice on this one?
> chuck
>

You should use my_cursor.UShortField("VSize").value, which returns an 
integer.  Beware that calling one of these functions (like UShortField) 
on a field of the wrong type usually results in a crash, so you might 
consider adding an assertion before it that checks the type of 
my_cursor.Field("VSize"), at least for debug builds.

Charles Yeomans