ADO Summary Sheet

Basic Table Methods:

.FIRST → moves file pointer to the first record in the table.
.NEXT → moves file pointer to the next record in the table.
.LAST → moves file pointer to the last record in the table.
.PRIOR → moves file pointer to the previous record in the table.
.APPEND → adds a new record to the end of the table.
.INSERT → inserts a new record at the file pointer position.
.DELETE → deletes the record at the current file pointer position from the table.
.EDIT → allows changes to be made to the field values of the current record.
.POST → saves the changes made to the table in RAM to the version on the storage device.
.EOF → tests if the file pointer is at the end of the file.
.RECORDCOUNT → returns the number of records in the table.

Format of working with one of the fields in a table: sName := tableName[‘field name’];

BASIC FRAMEWORKS:
Display All To display all the records in a database table. tblBikes.First;
While tblBikes.EOF = False do
Begin
Casting of data types is necessary. red.lines.add(tblBikes[‘Name’] + #9 +
(FloatToStrF(tblBikes[‘Price’]);
NB: .Next moves to the next record. Will result tblBikes.Next;
in an infinite loop if left out. End;

Display Some Display records based on a certain criteria, eg. tblBikes.First;

All Bikes with a price greater than R75000. While tblBikes.EOF = False do
Begin
Any calculation can also be done in the loop, IF tblBikes[‘Price’] > 75000
e.g. sum, highest, lowest, etc. Then red.lines.add(tblBikes[‘Name’]) + #9 +
(FloatToStrF(tblBikes[‘Price’]);
tblBikes.Next;
End;

Alternative loop Instead of a While, you could use a For Loop tblBikes.First;
method For iLoop := 1 to tblBikes.Recordcount do
Begin
red.lines.add(tblBikes[‘Name’]);
tblBikes.Next;
End;
Add records NO loop when adding. tblBikes.Append;
(Append/Insert) tblBikes[‘Name’] := edtBikeName.text;
Two methods (you may use any): tblBikes[‘Price’] := StrToFloat(edtPrice.text);
Append adds to the end of the table. tblBikes.Post;

Insert adds at the current position. To add to the Or

end, you need to go to the last record.
tblBikes.Last;
NB: Remember to save (POST) tblBikes.Insert;
tblBikes[‘Name’] := edtBikeName.text;
tblBikes[‘Price’] := StrToFloat(edtPrice.text);
tblBikes.Post;

Edit records To edit a particular record, tblBikes.First;

● Find the record (if inside loop), While tblBikes.eof = false do
● Put the table in edit mode Begin
● Make the change IF sFind = tblBikes[‘name’] then
● Save the change using post. Begin
tblBikes.Edit; //must be inside IF
NB: . NEXT takes the table out of edit mode. tblBikes[‘Price’] := tblBikes[‘Price’] * 1.15;
Therefore .EDIT must be inside loop (and inside tblBikes.Post;
IF) End;
tblBikes.Next;
end;

Delete records To delete a particular record, tblBikes.First;

● Find the record (IF inside loop) While tblBikes.eof = false do
● Delete the record Begin
● DO NOT go to the next record because IF sFind = tblBikes[‘name’] then
all records shifted up one position to Begin
replace deleted records. Add the .next in tblBikes.Delete;
the ELSE section. End
ELSE tblBikes.Next;
end;

Delete, edit Use a boolean flag to stop the loop as soon as a tblBikes.First;
ONE record particular record is deleted or edited. Bfound := false;
(depends on the question). While (tblBikes.eof = false) AND (bfound = false) do
Example is of a delete, but the same principle is Begin
to be followed for edit. IF sFind = tblBikes[‘name’] then
Begin
tblBikes.Delete;
bFound := true;
End
ELSE tblBikes.Next;
 end;

ONCLICK When a table is displayed in a dgGrid, EXAMPLE of displaying the ACTIVE record:
The user can select a record by clicking on it. pnlBikeName.caption := tblBikes[‘Names’] ;
pnlBikePrice.caption := FloatToStr(tblBikes[‘Price’]);
That record is then the ACTIVE record,
And can be displayed, edited or deleted EXAMPLE of deleting the ACTIVE record:
WITHOUT having to search for it (using a loop) IF MessageDLG(‘You want to delete: ‘+tblBikes[‘names’],
mtConfirmation, mbYesNo, 0) = mrYes
The active record will have an arrow in front of it. Then begin
tblBikes.Delete;
ALWAYS ask for confirmation when editing showmessage(‘deleted’);
or deleting by using a messagedlg or end;
inputbox.

Double Tables Based on the question, you might have to work //first table - primary table
with two tables at the same time. tblBikesSuppliers.First;
E.g. BikesSuppliers and BikesInfo While tblBikesSuppliers.EOF = false do
Begin
Question: rSum := 0; //new sum for each supplier
Determine the total Bike prices for each Bike sSupplierID := tblBikesSuppliers[‘SuppID’]; //primaryKey
supplier.
Prices from BikesInfo, //second table - inside loop
Supplier Name from BikesSuppliers tblBikes.First; //NB → bring filepointer to top
While tblBikes.Eof = False do //inside loop finds all
//prices for that supplier
Begin
If sSupplierID = tblBikes[‘SupplierID’]//foreignKey
Then rSum := rSum + tblBikes[‘price’];
End; //inside loop

red.lines.add(tblBikesSuppliers[‘supplierName’] + #9+
FloatToStr(rSum) );
End; //outside loop