Subject Re: [firebird-support] Pseudo-Boolean woes
Author Pavel Menshchikov
Hello Clay,

CS> I created a pseudo-Boolean domain (VarChar(1) with default 'F' value)
CS> However, at run time, I get "Invalid data conversion" when I attempt to
CS> access the field thus:
CS> qry.FldByName['LATEXALLERGY'].AsString;
CS> If I change the code to:
CS> qry.FldByName['LATEXALLERGY'].AsString;
CS> I get the following error at compile-time:
CS> "Incompatible Types: boolean and string"
CS> What can I do to access this string/boolean value?
CS> (Delphi 7, Firebird 1.5.2, FIB 6.1.0)
FIB+ treats your BOOLEAN domain as Delphi boolean field by default, so
either disable that feature of FIB+, or refer to the field value as
qry.FldByName['LATEXALLERGY'].AsBoolean.


HTH
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Best regards,
Pavel Menshchikov
http://www.ls-software.com