I USE BOOLEAN = CHAR(1) ( Y = TRUE, N = FALSE )

--- In IBObjects@yahoogroups.com, Dmitry Beloshistov <torin@...> wrote:
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> Hello, Jacob!
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> See TIB_Query.ColumnAttributes property and IBO help for details.
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> For example you can use
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> "YOUR_COLUMN=BOOLEAN=-1,0"
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> WBR, Dmitry Beloshistov AKA [-=BDS=-]
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> From: IBObjects@yahoogroups.com [mailto:IBObjects@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of jacobhavkrog
> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 12:21 PM
> To: IBObjects@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [IBO] TField.AsBoolean
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> Hi, I'm migrating from BDE Paradox to Firebird, and I'm using IBObjects to replace my TTable and TQuery BDE objects.
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> How do I best handle booleans?
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> I've read somewhere, that IBO support booleans represented as either 0/1, Y/N or T/F via the TFIeld.AsBoolean property.
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> Why not 0 = False, -1 = True? My BDE -> FB datapump program represents booleans in this way (I don't know the rationale behind).
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> If I change the datapump so that booleans are represented as eg Y/N, will TField.AsBoolean work as expected?
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> Also, when is a IPIOBTable (the InfoPower TwwTable repleacement)?
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> Thanks!
> Jacob
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