Have you considered giving GDI+ a look? It supports
all sorts of nice drawing functions in a very accesssible way.
Cheers,
Phil.
- Original Message -
From:
Myles Penlington
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 5:57
PM
Subject: [DUG] GIF
If anyone out there is a gun at Delphi/DirectX development (not just
familiar - an expert!) and would like a to discuss the development of a
dynamic terrain engine the please e-mail me off the list. At this stage we
are just trying to get a feel for what is involved and would love to discuss
the
Does "Next major release" mean that version 9 will
have win32 + .Net, or does it mean the next next update patch for 8 will have
win32 + .Net?
Phil.
. Our
plans
include moving Win32
support into the "Galileo" IDE along side Delphi .NET
in the next major
release -
You could set it's border style to bsNone (as long as you don't nedd a title
bar).
Phil.
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From: Rohit Gupta [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 1:46 PM
Subject: [DUG] HOW TO STOP FORM MOVING
The pdLatNew etc can simply be desribed as Doubles but with the var
qualifier - although I don't think that necessarily is the issue. I suspect
the problem lies in how you are preparing the various variables and values
when you call the routine. Can you provide some code that shows how you are
The OnClick event does indeed fire even when you navigate using keys. If you
want to carry out code specific to the mouse being clicked then there are at
least two things you can do:
1) set a flag on the key down event that you can check in the OnClick
event - ugly
2) just use the OnMouseDown
Jeremy, I would recommend going with TCP/IP. The Indy components make this a
snap (Heck, the demo code is 90% what you need) and you keep your future
options open for more complex transfers of information, security, etc etc.
Phil.
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From: vss [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
I'm converting some code from some ugly C. The code defines one particular
array, and a constant like this:
static float snorm[169];
static float *p = snorm;
and then later has an assignment:
*snorm = 1.0;
and then again later (n is an integer iterator):
*(snorm+n) =
++ will increment the pointer to the next
array element (probably the reason p is used rather than snorm directly).
Terry
Phil Middlemiss wrote:
I'm converting some code from some ugly C. The code defines one
particular
array, and a constant like this:
static float snorm[169];
static float *p
(probably the reason p is used rather than snorm directly).
Terry
Phil Middlemiss wrote:
I'm converting some code from some ugly C. The code defines one
particular
array, and a constant like this:
static float snorm[169];
static float *p = snorm;
and then later ha
Thanks Terry,
actually it turned out that it was a multiplication
right next to a regular pointer indirection (ie x * *p(blahblah)).
rant
The code was writen in 1990 and released by the US
National Geophysical Data Center and it's as ugly as sin. I don't know whether
it is typical of
If the variances are minimal then I don't really need them. All I am doing
is providing an automatically calculated magnetic declination for any
location in NZ. I know that the total variance across the country is only
about 2-3 degrees (although this can be quite significant over long
distances),
That is truly amazing. I don't know whether I'm
happy or sad that I don't think I'm capable of producing similar source
code.
Phil.
- Original Message -
From:
Terry
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi
List
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 9:49
AM
Subject:
Why forget it if it is a compas? I (apparently incorrectly) assumed that a
compas *would* be sensitive. If you take a standard marine chart and want to
plot a course based on a bearing then you may or may not be taking magnetic
declination into account (ie, true north vs magnetic north). In NZ,
Just your typical PHD type project. :P
Phil.
- Original Message -
From:
Terry
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi
List
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 9:41
AM
Subject: Re: Fw: [DUG] Converting some
code from C
Hey, at least you're not working in
OK, so basically I'll just stick to the IGRF model. Thanks for the
discussion though, it helped pull a few things together in my own
understanding.
BTW, since this seems to be an area that you have expertise in, do you
happen to have a formula to calculate an end point (lat, long) given a start
Title: Message
Jeremy,
The Indy threads shouldn't be an issue.eg,
the Server receives data from the client, sends something out of the comport and
sits there doing Application.ProcessMessages until it is ready to send data back
(presumably that it has received from the com port)- all in the
Actually, as you pointed out, a rhumb line is the straight line, but if you
follow a constant bearing (eg, make sure that you are heading 20deg at all
times) then you will not be following a straight line (although it's all
relative to the projection you use) because of the curvature of the earth
Bah! Just when I thought I had it figured out! Oh well, at least now I get
it. Thanks for that Phil. Very helpful.
Cheers,
Phil.
- Original Message -
From: Phil Scadden [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 10:19
Alistair,
If you want to fully support the MouseUp event, propogated to the
ballooncontrols then you should derive TBallonControl from TControl, rather
than TComponent. TControl has mouse handling fully supported and your
TBalloonControl will handle mouse clicks fine. To add custom behaviour to
The TCP Client and Server demos (should have been
installed somewhere in the Delphi directory) are pretty straight forward. I
would recommend that you take a closer look at them to try and understand what
is going on. It doesn't get much simpler.
Cheers,
Phil.
- Original Message
Yeah, it needs to be thread safe.
I'd show you how to do that really simply but... I'm feeling lazy too.
Just kidding.
Declare a private field of type TRTLCriticalSection.
In the OnCommandGet method surround any code that accesses databases, other
fields etc with a TryEnterCriticalSection and a
Also be aware that some mathematical routines work differently in php than
Delphi - for example rounding numbers using Delphi is done according to
Bankers Rounding rules (what we are used to), whereas in php rounding a
number half way between two integers (eg 1.5, 2.5 etc) will round to the
even
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Subject: RE: [DUG] Encryption
What you have described for PHP is Banker's Rounding - and Delphi does
it too.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Phil Middlemiss
I need to support a USB device (Garmin GPSRs). Up till now only RS-232
support has been required, but USB is becoming more common now.
I'm familiar enough with the COM communication, but I'm not sure what is
necessary to to communicate across a USB bus. I have the SDK from Garmin,
which just
http://www.eltima.com/products/vspdallinone/
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From: Phil Middlemiss [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, 25 June 2004 12:06 p.m.
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [DUG] USB communication
I need to support a USB device (Garmin GPSRs). Up till now only RS-232
Message-
From: Phil Middlemiss [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, 25 June 2004 1:25 p.m.
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
Subject: Re: [DUG] USB communication
Really? The units usually come with a CD (the GPSmap 60cs
did) with a driver
on it, and when the unit
Hi Alan,
thanks for that. I think I'm getting somewhere now - found the right set of
API calls to make (more importantly, I think I'm getting a handle on the
process involved). I let you know when I get it all going.
BTW, the GPSmap 60cs is a thing of beauty.
Cheers,
Phil.
- Original
Alistar,
The default parameters option will not work while the method/procedure is
expecting VAR parameters. Also, you cannot overload a method that is
declared in the same class - you can only overload in a descendant class.
You have to use the overload directive in the base class, and again in
.
-Original Message-
From: Phil Middlemiss [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Also, you cannot overload a method that is declared in the same class -
you can only overload in a descendant class.
You have to use the overload directive in the base class, and again in
the descendant class
OK,
I've figured out how to identify the garmin device and retrieve the path to
use in CreateFile. The specification details the command values for the
DeviceIOControl command, but it refers to Bulk in and out pipes, and the
interupt pipes. Are these set up using CreateFile for each one?
Cheers,
,
Phil.
- Original Message -
From: Phil Middlemiss [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: [DUG] USB communication
OK,
I've figured out how to identify the garmin device and retrieve the path
Hamilton would be good - closer to Rotorua than Auckland. Then again...
Rotorua is a nice central location!
Phil.
- Original Message -
From: C Fraser
To: 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List'
Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 2:17 PM
Subject: RE: [DUG] Delphi 9 and beyond
, July 05, 2004 3:21 PM
Subject: RE: [DUG] Delphi 9 and beyond
I am taking a holiday in Rotorua later this month, I'd be happy to spend
an hour somewhere talking about the future for Borland/D9, etc.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Phil
, I would be happy to present.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Phil Middlemiss
Sent: Monday, 5 July 2004 3:55 p.m.
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
Subject: Re: [DUG] Delphi 9 and beyond
Great! Are other people around
Is this list still working?
Haven't received anything yesterday or
today.
Phil.
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Can anyone recommend a replacement for Database Desktop? It's got to have
source - I want to see how certain connections are made.
Cheers,
Phil.
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hurrah! I got a DUG message.
- Original Message -
From:
Richard Vowles
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi
List
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 12:28
PM
Subject: RE: [DUG] Test
Nope, didn't work.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm just organising a venue for Richard's visit to Rotorua (collecting more
signiatures on his NDAs). Can I please get an indication of who will be
coming to it? Richard has specified any night from Wednesday to Friday next
week so now is the time to suggest a date if you have other engagements.
spread it around ;-))
Tracey
- Original Message -
From: Phil Middlemiss [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 2:52 PM
Subject: [DUG] Rotorua Borland directions meeting
I'm just organising a venue for Richard's
I have an application that monitors the COM port with a threaded object.
Seems to work fine on 2000/XP but not on Win98 (we don't support 95). Does
anyone know of any issues with threads and the COM port?
cheers,
Phil.
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From: Phil Middlemiss [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 2:20 PM
Subject: [DUG] clipboard error
I'm getting a cannot open clipboard error sometimes when trying to copy
data via OLE from excel. Does anyone know the Excel
Except that analogy breaks the conditions, since the gameshow host is only
allowed to open a door with a goat. If there are two players then that would
not allways be possible.
Phil.
- Original Message -
From: Nicholas DeLacey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday,
Hi all,
I have a thread object that, for some reason, the destructor is being called
twice. I've stripped the app down to a fairly simple shell around the thread
and all I am doing is creating the object that holds onto the thread, and
then freeing it. The containing object creates the thread in
I've played with setting FreeOnTerminate to False, but in that case I have
to manually call Terminate and also manually Free the object - it's a
reusable component and I don't want any other components to have to do
anything special other than Terminate the thread.
Phil.
- Original Message
.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Phil Middlemiss
Sent: Wednesday, August 25 2004 9:23 a.m.
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
Subject: Re: [DUG] Threads
I've played with setting FreeOnTerminate
Here is a very simple conversion from a dynamic
byte array to a Single:
function BytesToSingle(Data:
TByteDynArray; Position: Integer):
Single;{-DESCRIPTION:
Accepts a byte array and returns a Single.PARAMETERS: The
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- Original Message -
From: Phil Middlemiss [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 4:41 PM
Subject: [DUG] Thread causing whole computer to crash
Thanks Bevan, I had that in the back of my mind but that would be almost a
day's work to put in detailed logging through all the potential places it
could happen. Need to narrow it down first I think.
Cheers,
Phil.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent:
Thanks for that Matt,
I did have code, but yours is better.
I have tried to be careful about critical sections, but like you say - these
can be nasty.
Cheers,
Phil.
- Original Message -
From: Matt Comb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
.
- Original Message -
From:
Phil
Middlemiss
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi
List
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004
4:47 PM
Subject: [DUG] Passing Objects to a
DLL
When an object is passed to a DLL it comes
across fine
by
appending
the version number to the filename.
If you have to stick to DLL's try using interfaces and query for an
interface rather than whether an object belongs to a hierarchy. Interface
querying uses GUID's and not VMT pointers.
From: Phil Middlemiss [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks Max, I
.
- Original Message -
From: Phil Middlemiss [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 8:27 AM
Subject: Re: [DUG] Passing Objects to a DLL
We have a plugin mechanism that we are using the DLLs for. We looked
Thanks Max, I guess I'll stick with what I have
Cheers,
Phil.
- Original Message -
From: Max Nilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List' [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 10:02 AM
Subject: RE: [DUG] Passing Objects to a DLL
Phil
Good idea, although I'm not so worried about speed. Comparing class type
names may be slower, but it is certainly easier to code than to build up a
VMT translation table! Still, I'll try and remember that idea in case of
later development needs.
Cheers,
Phil.
- Original Message -
From:
09, 2004 3:11 PM
Subject: RE: [DUG] Passing Objects to a DLL
Phil Middlemiss said:
Good idea, although I'm not so worried about speed. Comparing
class type names may be slower, but it is certainly easier to
code than to build up a VMT translation table! Still, I'll
try and remember
Or initialise each new cell to nil when the array is created/extended etc.
Phil.
- Original Message -
From: Stacey Verner [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 7:41 AM
Subject: RE: [DUG] How can I check if an
Use the InvalidateCell method after setting the object for that cell.
Phil.
- Original Message -
From: Kit Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: [DUG] StringGrid
On Wed, 15 Sep
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Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 8:24 AM
Subject: Re: [DUG] StringGrid
I would like to but it is protected - I am just using a string grid...
Regards
Paul McKenzie
SMSS Ltd.
Wellington
New Zealand
- Original Message -
From: Phil Middlemiss [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: NZ
Thanks to all who replied. I will have a play - I
don't think I can get away with not calling ProcessMessages tho, since the COM
port component I use uses Timer messages to poll the COM port. I'll let you know
anyway.
Cheers,
Phil.
- Original Message -
From:
Stephen Bertram
cause the buffer to be 1/2 full
Neven MacEwan (B.E. EE)
Ph. 09 621 0001 Mob. 0274 749062
Phil Middlemiss wrote:
I have a thread that sits in the background waiting for
input from a
COM port. the execute method simple has these two lines:
while not Terminated do
here is a simple function I use:
function CalcCheckSum(const S: String):
Word;var i: Integer;begin result :=
0; for i := 1 to Length(S)
do result := result xor
Word(S[i]);end
probably not the fastest, but it's adequate.
Cheers,
Phil.
- Original Message -
From:
Jeremy
And don't forget the shortcut/quick keys!
- Original Message -
From: Brian Wrigley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Alistair George [EMAIL PROTECTED]; NZ Borland Developers Group-
Delphi List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 11:31 PM
Subject: Re: [DUG] Mainmenu
- Original
Why do you have a thread descendant containing the TApdComport? The
TApdComport is fully threaded itself. Doesn't that mean you would have to
poll the the thread descendant to see if new data is there? Because if you
simple raise an event, and process that new data in the event you have to
either
Fair enough - I was just interested, thats all :-)
Phil.
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From: Paul Lowman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: [DUG] Multiple com ports
Phil
You may have a point
has come from.
Borland is also a member of the Eclipse Foundation (or commitee or
whatever they call it).
-Original Message-From: Phil Middlemiss
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: 26 November 2004 9:22
AMTo: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi
ListSubject: Re
Is it possible to directly access a MySQL database on a web server, from a
local Delphi app? If so, what components should I use? By directly, I mean
without having to go through a php script or similar. The MySQL db is on an
Apache server.
Cheers,
Phil.
Hi all, due to mail server difficulties I have not
received any responses (or even my earlier post) about connecting to MySQL (if
there were any). But I've had a go at configuring a connection to MySQL. When
ever I try to establish the connection I get an eDatabaseError "Unable to Load
Hi everyone - hope you all had a good break. Looks
like summer has finally arrived (now that everyone's back at work)!
Anyway...
I'm using Firebird (and transactions) for the first
time. I'm connecting to a remote database via the Firebird Server with no
problems, but I have a question
] On Behalf Of Phil Middlemiss
Sent: Friday, 14 January 2005 8:42 a.m.
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
Subject: [DUG] concurrent Interbase Transactions
Hi everyone - hope you all had a good break. Looks like summer has
finally arrived (now that everyone's back at work
TIBQuery.ForcedRefresh to True and the RefreshQuery would return the
PK back to the client via an alternate unique key.
Craig.
Phil Middlemiss wrote:
Thanks to all who replied. In the end I did the inevitable (Johns
suggestion) and now fetch a new ID first and include it in the INSERT
Title: Message
I'm using a TIBQuery to fetch some rows from a
table, and then filter them. But I can't seem to get the filter to
work.
I carry out the query, do a fetchall, set the
filter, and set filtered to true. It seems to have no effect though - I still
have just as many records in
you wish. Some of
the features of TClientDataSet, such as a delta and cloned cursors, are
quite underrated.
HTH,
Craig.
Phil Middlemiss wrote:
I'm using a TIBQuery to fetch some rows from a table, and then filter
them. But I can't seem to get the filter to work.
I carry out the query
So for the lack of clarity, I basically want to be able to run an SQL script
that contains maybe a couple of INSERTs, and a few UPDATEs all at once,
rather than formulating each one and executing it individually. The VCL
components all seem to be limited to executing one statement at a time
Thanks Rob, I will check them
out.
Phil.
p.s. The first sentence of the previous post was a
typo - it was meant to read "Sorry for the lack of clarity" - talk about
ironic!
- Original Message -
From:
Robert martin
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi
List
Yeah, something like that.
Phil.
- Original Message -
From: Craig Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List delphi@ns3.123.co.nz
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 9:43 AM
Subject: Re: [DUG] Interbase/Firebird Filters
Phil Middlemiss wrote:
So for the lack
, January 21, 2005 4:43 PM
Subject: RE: [DUG] Interbase/Firebird Filters
Sorry if this sounds stupid, but why don't you just use the TIBScript
component?
Trevor
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On
Behalf Of Phil Middlemiss
Sent: Friday, 21
Two questions really:
1) I'm using Delphi 6 Professional - does anyone know of any components
that allow a wsdl file to be fetched at runtime and then accessed
assuming that it supports some agreed upon web service calls?
2) I have created a web service using eclipse and systinet's plugin, I
You may need to delete any dependent dcu's, rebuild any dependent bpls
(only if first step doesn't work), and do a build of the package instead
of a compile (although if you delete the dcus then this is not
necessary, but still worth a try). I've had something similar before
where it seemed
Hi all,
I have a simple program that connects to a remote firebird database
using the Delphi6 Interbase controls.
What do I need to install on a client's machine in order to get it
working? I have tried installing both stripped down and full installs of
both the Firebird setup, and the
not got it.
Either put Mids in uses clause (havent tried it myself) or supply
them with midas.dll to go in their system32
Date sent: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 10:33:29 +1200
From: Phil Middlemiss [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Organization: Vision Software
To: NZ Borland Developers
I'm using an Interbase IBQuery that selects all records in a table (lots
of records) and I want to know how many records there are before I start
navigating so I can jump to a specific record.
If I ask IBQuery.RecordCount I always get 1 returned, but if I go
IBQuery.Last and ask for
Interbase Support a 'TOP N' Query?
Neven
Phil Middlemiss wrote:
I'm using an Interbase IBQuery that selects all records in a table
(lots of records) and I want to know how many records there are
before I start navigating so I can jump to a specific record.
If I ask IBQuery.RecordCount I always get 1
record, This cannot be done, you
can only scroll to the Nth record, keep this in mind
Does Interbase Support a 'TOP N' Query?
Neven
Phil Middlemiss wrote:
I'm using an Interbase IBQuery that selects all records in a table
(lots of records) and I want to know how many records there are
before I start
a 'TOP N' Query?
Neven
Phil Middlemiss wrote:
I'm using an Interbase IBQuery that selects all records in a table
(lots of records) and I want to know how many records there are
before I start navigating so I can jump to a specific record.
If I ask IBQuery.RecordCount I always get 1 returned, but if I
TIBQuery. You'd have to
see how the performance is for the initial running of the query, but
after that, I think all your problems disappear. Everything is then in
memory, RecordCount is immediately correct, you have the option to use
ClonedCursors etc.
Just a thought,
Craig.
Phil Middlemiss wrote
if CandidateKey is NULL // fetch last 30 records
Select col from table1 order by candidatekey desc
else // fetch 30 record from this point
Select col from table1 where candidatekey @candidatekey
order by candidatekey desc
HTH
Neven
Phil Middlemiss wrote:
Further to my last barrage of questions:
I
30 record from this point
Select col from table1 where candidatekey @candidatekey
order by candidatekey desc
HTH
Neven
Phil Middlemiss wrote:
Further to my last barrage of questions:
I can see how this procedure would fetch a certain number of
records, but how do I get it to start at record
tekey @candidatekey
if @direction = fromend
if CandidateKey is NULL // fetch last 30 records
Select col from table1 order by candidatekey desc
else // fetch 30 record from this point
Select col from table1 where candidatekey @candidatekey
order by candidatekey desc
HTH
Neven
P
Hmmm, I tried that query using EMS Interbase/Firebird Manager and it
didn't like the ROWS keyword (didn't even highlight it as a keyword).
Richard Vowles wrote:
Have we missed out why you can't just use the ROWS keyword in the SELECT statement? This is InterBase right? Firebird 1.5 is
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From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On
Behalf Of Phil Middlemiss
Sent: Tuesday, 12 April 2005 8:39 a.m.
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
Subject: Re: [DUG] Getting number of records in an Interb
I have a TMemory stream that is loaded up with what should be a bitmap
received from across the web. If I export the stream to file, sure
enough I get a bitmap that I can view in an editor. If I try to go
MyBMP.LoadFromStream(SourceStream);
It fails and MyBMP remains empty.
Any ideas?
Phil.
I'm running into difficulty trying to convert the number 34 into a CHAR
(length 1) in an INSERT statement using Firebird/Interbase. This is the
query as I'm trying it:
INSERT INTO MYTABLE VALUES(1, Cast(34 as CHAR))
which it doesn't like - it seems to be trying to convert 34 into the
string
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On Behalf Of Phil Middlemiss
Sent: Tuesday, 19 April 2005 11:28 a.m.
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
Subject: [DUG] casting a number as a char in IB SQL
I'm running into difficulty trying to convert the number 34 into a CHAR
(length 1) in an INSERT
question on the Firebird support group
if you are not a member :)
I don't know If I have asked this, but do you have a sister called Janet?
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Phil Middlemiss wrote:
That was the first thing I
I'm not using anything, but perhaps this list would be useful?
http://www.testingfaqs.org/t-gui.html
Phil.
Jeremy Coulter wrote:
Hi
all.
Is anyone using anything, other than Rational Robot, to do automated
testing of software?
Thanks, Jeremy
Out test machine is complaining about unavailable database when I try
to connect to a local firebird file. I had a read of the firebird
Quickstart Guide which mentioned I needed two files, gds32.dll and
fb32.dll for a client install - I can only find the first one on my
machine. Am I missing
which
holds the pointer to the string.
I am assuming that widestring is like ansistring in which case it will
be managed automatically by reference counting.
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Damn, I was afraid of that. Is there a way to embed it inside another
installer? What are the issues with user rights
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