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SQL.GetFieldAsText

Returns field's value as text value; converts if needed.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example value
Command	The command reference number gained with SQL.NewCommand.	$Command
Field	The name or one based index of the field.	$Field

Result

Returns text or error message.

Description

Examples

Read field value of field "FirstName" into variable:

$firstname = MBS("SQL.GetFieldAsText"; $command; "FirstName")

Run a stored procedure:

# new command for calling our test procedure on a Microsoft SQL Server
Set Variable [$command; MBS( "SQL.NewCommand"; $Connection; "dbo.Test" ) ]
# set a parameter
Set Variable [$r; MBS( "SQL.SetParamAsNumber"; $Command; "Param1"; 7 ) ]
# execute query
Set Variable [$r; MBS( "SQL.Execute"; $Command ) ]
# fetch first record
Set Variable [$r; MBS( "SQL.FetchNext"; $Command ) ]
# get result field
Set Variable [$result; MBS( "SQL.GetFieldAsText"; $Command; 1 ) ]

See also

• SQL.Connect
• SQL.Execute
• SQL.FetchNext
• SQL.GetFieldAsDate
• SQL.GetFieldAsFloat
• SQL.GetFieldAsJPEG
• SQL.GetFieldAsPDF
• SQL.GetFieldAsPNG
• SQL.GetFieldAsTime
• SQL.GetFieldIsNull
• SQL.GetParamAsText
• SQL.NewCommand
• SQL.NewConnection
• SQL.SetParamAsNumber

Example Databases

• SQL to other databases/Firebird Query
• SQL to other databases/SQLite fun
• SQL to other databases/Microsoft SQL Server Query
• SQL to other databases/MySQL Query
• SQL to other databases/SQLite blob
• SQL to other databases/ODBC Query
• SQL to other databases/MySQL example
• SQL to other databases/Microsoft SQL Execute
• SQL to other databases/Microsoft SQL Server Connect

Blog Entries

• Tip of the day: Connect to MySQL and run a query

Created 18th August 2014, last changed 8th April 2015

SQL.GetFieldAsPNG   -   SQL.GetFieldAsTime

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