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Getting the FieldList from an SQL-Statement and add then to the Fields of a TADOQuery

Hi all,

I have a TADOQuery-Component that can hold any SQL-Statement (Select-Query).
So, from my IDE, the FieldsEditor contains no fields.
When I fill the SQL-property with e.g. 'SELECT * FROM MyTable' and I open the Query, the results are showed in a DBGrid with the FieldNames displayed as ColumnHeaders.
So far so good...  BUT !!

Now I also want to include my own calculated field ('RowNumber') that holds the RecNo-Value of the current record.
So I have to add this field at runtime, just before I open mu Query.
This is my code to Add the Calulated Field to the DataSet:
procedure TfrmBaseQueryAnalyzerStandAlone.AddRowNumberField( DataSet: TDataSet; ColNr: Integer );
var
  fld: TIntegerField;
begin
  { First check if the Calculated Field already exists. If so, do nothing. If not, create it now. }
  if DataSet.FindField( 'CalcRowNumber' ) = nil then
  begin
    showmessage( inttostr( DataSet.FieldCount ) );
    DataSet.Close;
    fld :=  TIntegerField.Create( DataSet );
    with fld do
    fld.Name          := 'RowNumber';
    fld.FieldName     := 'RowNumber';
    fld.FieldKind     := fkCalculated;
    fld.Index         := ColNr-1;
    fld.DisplayLabel  := 'RijNr';
    fld.DataSet       := DataSet;
    DataSet.FieldDefs.Add( fld.Name, ftInteger, 0, False );
    showmessage( inttostr( DataSet.FieldCount ) );
    DataSet.Open;
  end;
end;

The code works fine, but the result is that my Dataset ONLY contains this calculated field.
So, I guess I should add all the fields which are in my SELECT-Clause of my query also to my DataSet by code.
Is there anyone who knows how to do this ?
Or maybe another way to accomplish what I want ?

Thanks in advance,

Wim.
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Hi EddieShipman,

I will try out your suggestion and let you know the results.

Best regards,

Wim.
Hi again,

I tested out your suggestion and it seems to work ....

BUT  !!!!

When I scroll in the DBGrid, I see that the first and the last item of the grid is havinf value '-1' as a RowNumber. When I export the dataset to a csv-file(with a self-written procedure) I also see in the csv-file the -1-value.

Any idea what's causing this behavior ?
I should get this solved too before I can put this application live.

Thanks in advance.

Wim.
Nope, I don't have the code that produces the "recno" for that column, do you?
Hi EddieShipman,

I found a workaround for the -1 values in the first and last record of my dataset.
I put following code in my OnCalcFields-Event of my DataSet :

  if DataSet.FindField( 'RowNumber' ) <> nil then
  begin
    DataSet.FieldByName('RowNumber').AsInteger := DataSet.RecNo;
    if DataSet.FieldByName('RowNumber').AsInteger = -1 then
    begin
      if DataSet.Bof then
        DataSet.FieldByName('RowNumber').AsInteger := 1
      else if DataSet.Eof then
        DataSet.FieldByName('RowNumber').AsInteger := DataSet.Recordcount
    end;
  end;


This seems to work perfectly now.
I will grant you the points anyway for helping me out with the tricky part.
But I just wanted to post my code too, to offer a complete working solution.
Thanks again for your help.

Best regards,

Wim.