How to examine TFieldType
lazarus / 16-Databases

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jack · 2012-03-22 15:55

I am working with FireBird and trying to build a generalized update
routine where the user gives me values in TEdits and I do some
rearranging and calculating and update Fields in the database.

The issue is that I need to know in what form to present the resultant
data to the database.

I believe that I need to examine the dataType of the field into which
the data goes?
(This is really my first question, will this give me what I need?)

I cannot figure out how to GetFieldType.

fieldType:=(Form9.QReport.FieldByName('FIELD_NAME').FieldType);

 unit9.pas(364,49) Error: identifier idents no member "FieldType"

Once I have fieldType I hope to compare it to known types to decide
how to format the data and avoid errors.

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jack · 2012-03-22 17:46

I found my Own answer at:
http://www.delphipages.com/forum/showthread.php?t=129825