So how else do I get an Int64 value in a variant?

Jason Wharton
CPS - Mesa AZ
http://www.ibobjects.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mauricio Longo" <mlongo@...>
To: <IBObjects@egroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 11:03 AM
Subject: [IBO] Re: Fields[xx].value - unidentifyed type: 14


> Hi,
>
> > Same problem. It seems that however IBO places the data in the
> > Variant Value property it does not transfer correctly to another
> > variant property.
> >
> > I'll try to do more testing on this in particular, without the use
> of
> > TkbMemTable to see if I can get more info on this behavior.
> >
>
> I just experimented with some code that looked like this:
>
> var
> data: variant;
> begin
> if not qryGetRoot.Prepared then
> qryGetRoot.Prepare;
> qryGetRoot.open;
> Data := qryGetRoot.FieldByName('id').value;
> ...
>
> The debugger reports the value of "data" as being "Data: Unknown
> type: 14".
>
> So, it is not a problem of how TkbMemTable gets the info from the
> Dataset, but rather a problem of how IBO handles the type of the
> variant value property. It *cannot* be assigned to a variant
> variable.
>
> Any clues to as how I work around this?
>
> All my best,
>
> Mauricio Longo
>
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