Re: [INTERFACES] Delphi TDataset - Mailing list pgsql-interfaces

From Taral
Subject Re: [INTERFACES] Delphi TDataset
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.10.9904181725570.16933-100000@dragon.taral.net
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In response to [INTERFACES] Delphi TDataset  (nico@clubdelphi.com (Nicolas Aragon))
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On Sun, 18 Apr 1999, Nicolas Aragon wrote:

> I'm new to this list so hello everybody!
>
> The questions:
>
> 1) Is there (or is anybody working on) a Borland Delphi TDataset to
> provide native access to Postgres databases?
> I don't mean using odbc, but directly the Postgres client API.

I don't think so. You're free to write one though...
>
> 2) I've got a little confused about Postgres docs talking about
> something that I understand as an unique row id (sorry, I'm familiar
> with Oracle terms).
> Is there such a "rowid"? Is it possible to retrieve it without
> explicitely being referred in the sql query?

It's called 'oid' and you can retrieve it only by explicitly mentioning
it:

SELECT oid,* FROM t1;

Taral


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