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PostgreSQL Query

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PostgreSQL Query.fmp12

Overview
Tables	1
Relationships	0
Layouts	1
Scripts	4
Value Lists	0
Custom Functions	0
Custom Menus	33

File Options
Default custom menu set	[Standard FileMaker Menus]
Default theme	Minimalistisch
When opening file
Minimum allowed version	12.0
Login using	Account Name; Account= Admin
Allow user to save password	On
Require iOS passcode	Off
Show Sign-in fields	Off
Switch to layout	Off
Hide all toolbars	Off
Script triggers
OnFirstWindowOpen	Off
OnLastWindowClose	Off
OnWindowOpen	Off
OnWindowClose	Off
OnFileAVPlayerChange	Off
OnWindowTransaction	Off
Thumbnail Settings
Generate Thumbnails	On; Temporary

Tables

Table Name	Statistics	Comments	Occurrences in Relationship Graph
Query	6 fields defined, 11 records		Query

Fields

Table Name: Query - 6 Fields
Field Name	Type	Options	Comments	On Layouts	In Relationships	In Scripts	In Value Lists
SQL	Normal, Text	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German		Query		RunQuery
Result	Normal, Text	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German		Query		RunQuery Clear
Username	Normal, Text	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Global Repetitions: 1 Index Language: German		Query		RunQuery Insert with Transaction Insert with Transaction and Errors
Password	Normal, Text	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Global Repetitions: 1 Index Language: German		Query		RunQuery Insert with Transaction Insert with Transaction and Errors
SQLConnectionString	Normal, Text	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Global Repetitions: 1 Index Language: German		Query		RunQuery Insert with Transaction Insert with Transaction and Errors
PathToSQLLibrary	Normal, Text	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Global Repetitions: 1 Index Language: German		Query		RunQuery Insert with Transaction Insert with Transaction and Errors

Layout Objects: Query

Regular Fields

Field Name: Query::Username

Layout Name:

Query

Top: 15 pt
Left: 138 pt
Bottom: 34 pt
Right: 462 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: Default for Data Type
Go to next field using: Tab key

Field Name: Query::Password

Layout Name:

Query

Top: 38 pt
Left: 138 pt
Bottom: 57 pt
Right: 462 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: Default for Data Type
Go to next field using: Tab key

Field Name: Query::SQLConnectionString

Layout Name:

Query

Top: 61 pt
Left: 138 pt
Bottom: 80 pt
Right: 462 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: Default for Data Type
Go to next field using: Tab key

Field Name: Query::PathToSQLLibrary

Layout Name:

Query

Top: 84 pt
Left: 138 pt
Bottom: 103 pt
Right: 462 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: Default for Data Type
Go to next field using: Tab key

Field Name: Query::SQL

Layout Name:

Query

Top: 130 pt
Left: 138 pt
Bottom: 149 pt
Right: 391 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: Default for Data Type
Go to next field using: Tab key

Yes

Field Name: Query::Result

Layout Name:

Query

Top: 153 pt
Left: 138 pt
Bottom: 415 pt
Right: 762 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: Default for Data Type
Go to next field using: Tab key

Type:

Text: Run Query

Layout Name:

Query

Top: 72 pt
Left: 473 pt
Bottom: 103 pt
Right: 611 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Perform Script [ “RunQuery” ]

Scripts:

RunQuery

Script Hierarchy

RunQuery

Clear

Insert with Transaction

Insert with Transaction and Errors

Next Script: [Clear]

Script Name	RunQuery
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Siri Shortcut Visible	Off
Include In Menu	Yes
Layouts that use this script	Query
Scripts that use this script
Script Definition
Script Steps	Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS("Trace") ] Set Variable [ $Connection; Value:MBS("SQL.NewConnection") ] #Tell plugin where PostgreSQL library is Set Variable [ $result; Value:MBS("SQL.SetConnectionOption"; $Connection; "LIBPQ.LIBS"; Query::PathToSQLLibrary) ] #Connect to database Set Variable [ $result; Value:MBS("SQL.Connect"; $Connection; Query::SQLConnectionString; Query::Username; Query::Password; "PostgreSQL") ] If [ $result ≠ "OK" ] Show Custom Dialog [ Message: "Error: " & $result; Default Button: “OK”, Commit: “No”; Button 2: “Abbrechen”, Commit: “No” ] Set Variable [ $result; Value:MBS("SQL.FreeConnection"; $Connection) ] Halt Script End If #Create select and run it Set Variable [ $Command; Value:MBS("SQL.NewCommand"; $Connection; Query::SQL) ] #Run it Set Variable [ $result; Value:MBS("SQL.Execute"; $Command) ] If [ $result ≠ "OK" ] Set Field [ Query::Result; $result ] Show Custom Dialog [ Message: "Error: " & $result; Default Button: “OK”, Commit: “No”; Button 2: “Abbrechen”, Commit: “No” ] Else [ ] Set Variable [ $lines; Value:"" ] Set Variable [ $fieldcount; Value:MBS("SQL.FieldCount"; $command) ] Loop [ Flush: Always ] Set Variable [ $result; Value:MBS("SQL.FetchNext"; $Command) ] Exit Loop If [ $result ≠ 1 ] Set Variable [ $line; Value:"" ] Set Variable [ $i; Value:1 ] Loop [ Flush: Always ] Set Variable [ $v; Value:MBS("SQL.GetFieldAsText"; $command; $i) ] Set Variable [ $n; Value:MBS("SQL.GetFieldName"; $command; $i) ] Set Variable [ $line; Value:$line & $n & ": " & $v & ¶ ] Set Variable [ $i; Value:$i+1 ] Exit Loop If [ $i > $fieldCount ] End Loop Set Variable [ $lines; Value:$lines & ($line & ¶) ] End Loop Set Variable [ $lines; Value:$lines & ¶ ] Set Field [ Query::Result; $lines ] End If #Cleanup Set Variable [ $result2; Value:MBS("SQL.FreeCommand"; $Command) ] Set Variable [ $result2; Value:MBS("SQL.FreeConnection"; $Connection) ]
Fields used in this script	Query::PathToSQLLibrary Query::SQLConnectionString Query::Username Query::Password Query::SQL Query::Result
Scripts used in this script
Layouts used in this script
Tables used in this script	Query
Table occurrences used by this script	Query
Custom Functions used by this script
Custom menu set used by this script

Previous Script: [RunQuery]

Next Script: [Insert with Transaction]

Script Name	Clear
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Siri Shortcut Visible	Off
Include In Menu	Yes
Layouts that use this script
Scripts that use this script
Script Definition
Script Steps	Set Field [ Query::Result; "" ]
Fields used in this script	Query::Result
Scripts used in this script
Layouts used in this script
Tables used in this script	Query
Table occurrences used by this script	Query
Custom Functions used by this script
Custom menu set used by this script

Previous Script: [Clear]

Next Script: [Insert with Transaction and Errors]

Script Name	Insert with Transaction
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Siri Shortcut Visible	Off
Include In Menu	Yes
Layouts that use this script
Scripts that use this script
Script Definition
Script Steps	Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS("Trace") ] Set Variable [ $Connection; Value:MBS("SQL.NewConnection") ] #Tell plugin where PostgreSQL library is Set Variable [ $result; Value:MBS("SQL.SetConnectionOption"; $Connection; "LIBPQ.LIBS"; Query::PathToSQLLibrary) ] #Connect to database in read/write/create mode. Creates new file if none exists. Set Variable [ $result; Value:MBS("SQL.Connect"; $Connection; Query::SQLConnectionString; Query::Username; Query::Password; "PostgreSQL") ] If [ $result ≠ "OK" ] Show Custom Dialog [ Message: "Error: " & $result; Default Button: “OK”, Commit: “No”; Button 2: “Abbrechen”, Commit: “No” ] Set Variable [ $result; Value:MBS("SQL.FreeConnection"; $Connection) ] Halt Script End If #auto commit off Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "SQL.SetAutoCommit"; $Connection; "off" ) ] #Create insert command with setting values Set Variable [ $Command; Value:MBS("SQL.NewCommand"; $Connection; "INSERT INTO Persons (FirstName, LastName, City) VALUES (:FirstName, :LastName, :City)") ] If [ MBS("IsError") = 0 ] Set Variable [ $result; Value:MBS("SQL.SetParamAsText"; $Command; "FirstName"; "John") ] If [ MBS("IsError") = 0 ] Set Variable [ $result; Value:MBS("SQL.SetParamAsText"; $Command; "LastName"; "Meyer") ] If [ MBS("IsError") = 0 ] Set Variable [ $result; Value:MBS("SQL.SetParamAsText"; $Command; "City"; "Boston") ] If [ MBS("IsError") = 0 ] Set Variable [ $result; Value:MBS("SQL.Execute"; $Command) ] If [ MBS("IsError") = 0 ] Set Variable [ $result; Value:MBS("SQL.SetParamAsText"; $Command; "FirstName"; "Monica") ] If [ MBS("IsError") = 0 ] Set Variable [ $result; Value:MBS("SQL.SetParamAsText"; $Command; "LastName"; "Jones") ] If [ MBS("IsError") = 0 ] Set Variable [ $result; Value:MBS("SQL.SetParamAsText"; $Command; "City"; "San Francisco") ] If [ MBS("IsError") = 0 ] Set Variable [ $result; Value:MBS("SQL.Execute"; $Command) ] If [ MBS("IsError") = 0 ] #all okay, so let's commit Set Variable [ $result2; Value:MBS("SQL.Commit"; $Connection) ] End If End If End If End If End If End If End If End If Set Variable [ $result2; Value:MBS("SQL.FreeCommand"; $Command) ] #if anything got wrong, do a rollback Set Variable [ $result2; Value:MBS("SQL.Rollback"; $Connection) ] End If Set Variable [ $result2; Value:MBS("SQL.FreeConnection"; $Connection) ]
Fields used in this script	Query::PathToSQLLibrary Query::SQLConnectionString Query::Username Query::Password
Scripts used in this script
Layouts used in this script
Tables used in this script	Query
Table occurrences used by this script	Query
Custom Functions used by this script
Custom menu set used by this script

Previous Script: [Insert with Transaction]

Script Name	Insert with Transaction and Errors
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Siri Shortcut Visible	Off
Include In Menu	Yes
Layouts that use this script
Scripts that use this script
Script Definition
Script Steps	Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS("Trace") ] Set Variable [ $Connection; Value:MBS("SQL.NewConnection") ] #Tell plugin where PostgreSQL library is Set Variable [ $result; Value:MBS("SQL.SetConnectionOption"; $Connection; "LIBPQ.LIBS"; Query::PathToSQLLibrary) ] #Connect to database in read/write/create mode. Creates new file if none exists. Set Variable [ $result; Value:MBS("SQL.Connect"; $Connection; Query::SQLConnectionString; Query::Username; Query::Password; "PostgreSQL") ] If [ $result ≠ "OK" ] Show Custom Dialog [ Message: "Error: " & $result; Default Button: “OK”, Commit: “No”; Button 2: “Abbrechen”, Commit: “No” ] Set Variable [ $result; Value:MBS("SQL.FreeConnection"; $Connection) ] Halt Script End If #let the plugin count errors Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "ClearErrors" ) ] #auto commit off Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "SQL.SetAutoCommit"; $Connection; "off" ) ] #Create insert command with setting values Set Variable [ $Command; Value:MBS("SQL.NewCommand"; $Connection; "INSERT INTO Persons (FirstName, LastName, City) VALUES (:FirstName, :LastName, :City)") ] Set Variable [ $result; Value:MBS("SQL.SetParamAsText"; $Command; "FirstName"; "John") ] Set Variable [ $result; Value:MBS("SQL.SetParamAsText"; $Command; "LastName"; "Meyer") ] Set Variable [ $result; Value:MBS("SQL.SetParamAsText"; $Command; "City"; "Boston") ] Set Variable [ $result; Value:MBS("SQL.Execute"; $Command) ] Set Variable [ $result; Value:MBS("SQL.SetParamAsText"; $Command; "FirstName"; "Monica") ] Set Variable [ $result; Value:MBS("SQL.SetParamAsText"; $Command; "LastName"; "Jones") ] Set Variable [ $result; Value:MBS("SQL.SetParamAsText"; $Command; "City"; "San Francisco") ] Set Variable [ $result; Value:MBS("SQL.Execute"; $Command) ] If [ MBS("HadErrors") = 0 ] #all okay, so let's commit Set Variable [ $result2; Value:MBS("SQL.Commit"; $Connection) ] Else [ ] #we had errors! Set Variable [ $result2; Value:MBS("SQL.Rollback"; $Connection) ] End If Set Variable [ $result2; Value:MBS("SQL.FreeCommand"; $Command) ] Set Variable [ $result2; Value:MBS("SQL.FreeConnection"; $Connection) ]
Fields used in this script	Query::PathToSQLLibrary Query::SQLConnectionString Query::Username Query::Password
Scripts used in this script
Layouts used in this script
Tables used in this script	Query
Table occurrences used by this script	Query
Custom Functions used by this script
Custom menu set used by this script

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