At 05:10 PM 08-01-01 +0200, you wrote:

>Hi Helen,
>
>I wanted to conserve memory I suppose. I thought that the TIB_Query
>component would allow me to hold table information using the SQL text
>'SELECT * FROM Grades', and at the same time update the table

It does. But the way you are doing it is not the way to do it. :)) For a
start, the SQL syntax in the EditSQL is wrong. Unfortunately, though SQL
looks a bit like plain English, you can't just make it up as you go
along. And there is more...

You need a TIB_query with SQL
SELECT * FROM GRADES /* but for preference use the query editor and a
proper field list */

If GradeRef is the primary key, set the Keylinks property to GRADEREF.

Set RequestLive to True.

That's all. You don't need any EditSQL - IBO will construct it internally.

This is how it would be if you needed to do it yourself:

UPDATE Grades
SET GradeName = :GradeName
WHERE GradeRef = :GradeRef

i.e. you don't include aliases or table identifiers in an UPDATE statement.

>using the
>EditSQL 'UPDATE Grades g SET
> g.GradeName =:GradeName
> WHERE g.GradeRef =:GradeRef'
>assigning the params:-

If you are using a data-aware control, you don't have to assign the params
- IBO does this automatically.

If you need to assign parameters, do it in the BeforePost handler. The
syntax is
...
if TheQuery.State = dssEdit then
begin
ParamByName('GradeRef').AsString := SomeString;
ParamByName('GradeName').AsString := SomeOtherString;
end;
....

H.
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