Hi list, Free Pascal Compiler version 2.5.1 [2011/08/04] for i386
While improving my fcl-db XML export code, I'm testing with ftVariant types in a bufdataset: FieldDef := FTestDataset.FieldDefs.AddFieldDef; FieldDef.Name := 'ftVariant'; FieldDef.DataType := ftVariant; This works: TestString:='The answer to life, the universe, and everything'; FTestDataset.Append; FTestDataSet.FieldByName('ftVarBytes').AsString:=TestString; FTestDataSet.FieldByName('ftVarBytes').SetData(TempPChar); //FTestDataSet.FieldByName('ftVariant').AsString:=TestString; FTestDataset.Post; However, I can't assign values to ftVariant, whatever combination I try. The strange thing is that I get an access violation when printing the fields' contents in a loop, and it happens when getting the value for ftVarBytes. Would it have to do with the ASCII NULL delimiter Ludo Brands reported in http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=19922 This doesn't work: //FTestDataSet.FieldByName('ftVarBytes').AsString:=TestString; FTestDataSet.FieldByName('ftVarBytes').SetData(TempPChar); FTestDataSet.FieldByName('ftVariant').AsString:=TestString; nor this: //FTestDataSet.FieldByName('ftVarBytes').AsString:=TestString; //FTestDataSet.FieldByName('ftVarBytes').SetData(TempPChar); FTestDataSet.FieldByName('ftVariant').AsString:=TestString; nor this: FTestDataSet.FieldByName('ftVarBytes').AsString:=TestString; FTestDataSet.FieldByName('ftVarBytes').SetData(TempPChar); FTestDataSet.FieldByName('ftVariant').AsString:=TestString; How can I properly assign values to ftVarBytes and ftVariant and retrieve them? I know I asked before for ftVarBytes; I just use .AsString:='bla', but obviously it doesn't work. Thanks, Reinier _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal