Difference between revisions of "lookup"

From Lazarus wiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
m
Line 25: Line 25:
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
 +
* [[locate]]
 
* [http://delphi.about.com/od/database/l/aa052901a.htm] Description of how to use lookup with Delphi
 
* [http://delphi.about.com/od/database/l/aa052901a.htm] Description of how to use lookup with Delphi
 
<br/>
 
<br/>

Revision as of 05:32, 15 January 2018

English (en) français (fr)

Definition

Unit: FreePascal, unit db

    function Lookup(const KeyFields: string; const KeyValues: Variant; const ResultFields: string): Variant;

Official documentation: none

Description

lookup is similar to locate in that it looks for a record in the dataset where the specified search values for the specified fields match.

If found, the function returns a variant array with the values of the ResultFields (a semicolon-delimited list of desired fields). If not found, it returns Null. In neither case does it change the current physical record/cursor.

KeyFields can be a single field name or a semicolon-separated list of fields.

KeyValue can be a variant or a variant array and the number of items must match the number of fields specified in KeyFields.

Light bulb  Note: Lookup is only implemented in non-unidirectional datasets, i.e. you must be able to move back and forwards through the dataset.

See also

  • locate
  • [1] Description of how to use lookup with Delphi