words[0]+' '+words[22]+' '+words[26]+' '+words[32]+' '+words[28]+'
'+words[-1]
Steve
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From: John Bird [mailto:johnkb...@paradise.net.nz]
Sent: Tuesday, 17 August 2010 3:55 p.m.
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
Subject: Re: [DUG] MSSQL ID field binary(8)
I think I have
John
I work on systems where some idiot used a decimal(9,0) as a PK and mixed
it with other tables with integers, I think with any PK the main thing
is use the same otherwise you force the server to use hash joins (v
slow) and secondly use the smallest key you can (I'm currently using a
I think I have to agree with your words[5] and words[6] . Where -
words:array[0..xxx] of string;
John
I work on systems where some idiot used a decimal(9,0) as a PK and mixed it
with other tables with integers, I think with any PK the main thing is use the
same otherwise you force the
MessageDealing with index/ID field that is set as binary - here is the solution
that worked in case any one else comes across same
Note for MSSQL using such a field in a JOIN SQL statement would be perfectly
fine as normal, as MSSQL has a native binary type. Delphi ADO however does
not,
...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] On
Behalf Of John Bird
Sent: Friday, 6 August 2010 1:11 p.m.
To: delphi@delphi.org.nz
Subject: Re: [DUG] MSSQL ID field binary(8)
Dealing with index/ID field that is set as binary - here is the solution
that worked in case any one else comes across same
Dealing with a MSSQL database where the ID field is defined as Binary ( 8 ) and
using D2007 / ADO. I can open the table and read in data, but I cannot figure
out:
1 - how to get the ID value out of this field - when displayed a grid shows
this column as (BYTES), if I try to get the value as
