Database query results into Combo Box list
Sarah Reichelt
sarahr at genesearch.com.au
Wed Jun 1 23:56:29 EDT 2005
> I want to populate a combo box (menu) with a list of items returned
> from a
> database query. I can run the query OK, but how do I put the
> results into the
> combo box menu? When I try using:
>
> get revQueryDatabase(...)
> put it into menu "RdNoMenu"
>
> I just get one single number in there, not the 1000 or so records
> that would
> have been returned by the select statement.
Hi Rishi,
Welcome to the Revolution!
revQueryDatabase() returns the ID number of a cursor - a set of
records which you can then list, manipulate, edit etc.
The easier solution is to use revDataFromQuery() which gives you back
the actual record data.
Cheers,
Sarah
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