On 7-8-2011 19:50, Ludo Brands wrote: >>> Same problem as before: TBufDataset doesn't support correctly >>> ftVarBytes and ftVariant and doesn't raise an >>> SErrFieldTypeNotSupported like TMemDataset is doing. Look at >>> TCustomBufDataset.GetFieldSize and you'll see that data length for >>> ftVarBytes and ftVariant is arbitrarely set at 10. Compare >> this with >>> TMemDataset.MDSGetBufferSize. >>> >>> Ludo >>> >> I'm afraid you'll have to spell it out for me; > > > TBufDataset doesn't support ftVarBytes and ftVariant. Variants are complex > objects and aren't stored by just copying bytes. Don't use them with > TBufDataset. > > Ludo Thanks, that's very clear - I'll get rid of them in the tests ;)
I might upload a patch to give an error instead of the fixed size - that might possibly lie within my abilities... Thanks, Reinier _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
