Re: [fpc-pascal] TBufDataset vs TClientDataset

2017-10-09 Thread LacaK
Also, what's the difference between TBufDataset and TMemDataset? Aren't they both in-memory datasets? If so, why do we have two different components for the same thing? As Michael wrote TMemDataSet is older. And I add that it is also much "lighter". So for somebody who does not need "compl

Re: [fpc-pascal] TBufDataset vs TClientDataset

2017-10-09 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 2017-10-09 15:33, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: So it is recommended to use TBufDataset over TMemDataset? Yes, absolutely. Thanks. Ah, I see Git is growing on you [using git terminology there].;-) It definitely has a way of crawling under your skin...;) Resistance is futile. :-) Rega

Re: [fpc-pascal] TBufDataset vs TClientDataset

2017-10-09 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Mon, 9 Oct 2017, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: On 2017-10-09 09:08, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: Because it was never meant to be a TClientDataset equivalent, but it has grown into something that does many of the things TClientDataset does. Naming it TClientDataset would imply that we ensure TCl

Re: [fpc-pascal] TBufDataset vs TClientDataset

2017-10-09 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 2017-10-09 09:08, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: Because it was never meant to be a TClientDataset equivalent, but it has grown into something that does many of the things TClientDataset does. Naming it TClientDataset would imply that we ensure TClientDataset compatibility, which definitely was/i

Re: [fpc-pascal] TBufDataset vs TClientDataset

2017-10-09 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Sun, 8 Oct 2017, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: Hi, I read a couple of archived mailing list posts about TBufDataset, which from what I read is FPC's equivalent to TClientDataset. Equivalent in that it does many things that TClientDataset does. That then begs the question... Why isn't it c

Re: [fpc-pascal] TBufDataset vs TClientDataset

2017-10-08 Thread Marcos Douglas B. Santos
On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 3:58 PM, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > Hi, > > I read a couple of archived mailing list posts about TBufDataset, which from > what I read is FPC's equivalent to TClientDataset. > > That then begs the question... Why isn't it called TClientDataset in FPC? > What happened to Delp

[fpc-pascal] TBufDataset vs TClientDataset

2017-10-08 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
Hi, I read a couple of archived mailing list posts about TBufDataset, which from what I read is FPC's equivalent to TClientDataset. That then begs the question... Why isn't it called TClientDataset in FPC? What happened to Delphi-compatibility? Also, what's the difference between TBufDatase