> > Two issues:
> > The RecNo in TBufDataset now counts from 0 to recordcount-1. If there's
> > no active record, it returns -1. But in Delphi (at least TIBQuery) it
> > counts from 1 to recordcount, and when there's no active record it gives
> > 0.
> >
> > I like the TBufDataset solution better. But should I change it to be
> > compatible with Delphi? Or could this be considered as 'TDataset
> > implementation-specific?'
>
> I have a lot of code which counts on this 1-Recordcount behaviour.
But when you wrote that code, were you thinking: 'Why do I have to write
this strange code, why doesn't it count a new record/count from 0?' Or
did you think: 'Offcourse it does it that way?'
> >From the Delphi help:
>
> "Examine RecordCount to determine the total number of records
> currently in the dataset. If the PacketRecords property is
> greater than 0, the value for RecordCount may change as a
> user scrolls through the data and additional data packets
> are fetched from the provider.
>
> Applications can use this property with RecNo to iterate through all
> the records in a dataset, though typically record iteration is handled
> with calls to First, Last, MoveBy, and Prior."
It says nothing about where it starts the count?
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