Navigating through SQL Data

[Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel]

Thanks Pete!  I appreciate the input on this.... wasn't quite sure which
way to go on this.

SKIP


On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Peter Haworth <pete at lcsql.com> wrote:

> Hi Skip,
> You might want to think about using revQueryDatabase to create a database
> cursor. The processing for your buttons then becomes:
>
> First: revMoveToFirstRecord
> Prev: revMoveToPreviousRecord
> Next: revMoveToNextRecord
> Last: revMoveToLastRecord
>
> It's a bit more longwinded to display the data from your query because you
> have to use revDatabaseColumnNamed to get each column from the current
> record in the cursor.  Also watch out for the fact that the cursor is
> zero-indexed not 1.
>
> If you stick with revDataFromQuery, you would need to keep the current line
> number of tRecords somewhere (say tLinenum), then:
>
> First: put 1 into tLinenum
> Prev: if tLinenum> 1 then subtract 1 from tLineNum
> Next: if tLinenum < the number of lines in tRecords then add 1 to tLineNum
> Last: put the number of lines in tRecords into tLinenum
>
> Then use "line tLinenum of tRecords" to get your data.  You can also
> disable/enable the buttons depedning on where you are in tRecords, for
> example, you'd disable Prev if you're at record #1 so you don't need the
> check in the Prev button for tLineNum>1.
>
> Pete
> lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 10:00 AM, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel <
> skip at magicgate.com> wrote:
>
> > What is the best way to navigate through records retrieved through this
> > method:
> >    put revDataFromQuery(tab,return,tResult,tSQL) into tRecords
> >
> > I am using arrow buttons for first, last, next and previous.  Need to
> > figure out the code for those buttons.....
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
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