Nando,

i did but without success.
Thanks for your response

Gerhard

--- In IBObjects@yahoogroups.com, Nando Dessena <nandod@d...> wrote:
> Gerhard,
>
> g> calling the methode FieldByName of the IBOQuery component should
> g> return a pointer to a TIB_ Column object as i see it.
>
> no, it should return a TField reference as it does. A TDataSet
> derivative is supposed to use TField objects for the columns.
>
> g> Has anywhere a better solution for IBOQuery ?
>
> Have you tried AsLargeInt?
> Ciao
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