Ahaa, that's it. Thanks for taking the time to see it and sorry about
taking your time on such a stupidity. My old TDatasource mindset
didn't allow me to imagine such property. Thanks.

Regards,
Paulo

--- In IBObjects@yahoogroups.com, "Jason Wharton" <jwharton@i...>
wrote:

> Check for the AutoInsert property too...
> What is it set to?
>
> Jason Wharton
> www.ibobjects.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: paulo@t... [mailto:paulo@t...]
> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 10:24 AM
> To: IBObjects@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [IBO] TIB_Datasource.AutoEdit
>
>
> Seems I was not clear.
> It's not about fetching or keeping the query prepared, that's ok,
> it's about AutoEdit. If it's false, in my understanding, datasets
> should never go into edit or insert state, unless you explicitly

call

> Edit or Insert.
> Suppose you have a grid with a few records, Datasource.AutoEdit =
> TRUE you try to go past the last record, you enter insert mode.

With

> AutoEdit = FALSE, when you try to go past the last record nothing
> happens because when AutoEdit=FALSE if the user wants to add a

record

> he must click the insert button for example. This works just fine

and

> is the expected behaviour. But it only works if there are records

in

> the dataset. If there's no records, the dataset is kept prepared
> that's ok (for performing inserts for example as you explained).

But

> if AutoEdit=FALSE and I start typing in my grid it shouldn't go

into

> insert mode, if I wanted that I'd set AutoEdit=TRUE.
> Bottomline if Dataset is in dssPrepared state AutoEdit is simply
> ignored.
>
> --- In IBObjects@yahoogroups.com, "Jason Wharton" <jwharton@i...>
> wrote:
> > It is common for my users to input data purely for inserting. Why
> open a
> > dataset and fetch records if you could care less about reading

data?

> >
> > This way you simply prepare a query and perform inserts. Very
> efficient.
> >
> > Jason Wharton
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: paulo@t... [mailto:paulo@t...]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 5:47 AM
> > To: IBObjects@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [IBO] TIB_Datasource.AutoEdit
> >
> > And why is that? I can't figure the reason for it.
> >
> > --- In IBObjects@yahoogroups.com, "Jason Wharton" <jwharton@i...>
> > wrote:
> > > That is expected behavior for IBO native controls.
> > >
> > > Jason Wharton