COLLECTION.FROM_TABLE Function

Syntax

V From_Table(C tablename,C keyfieldname,C datafieldname)

Arguments

tablenameCharacter

The fully specified table name with drive and path.

keyfieldnameCharacter

The name of the field that provides the collection key value.

datafieldnameCharacter

The name of the field that provides the collection element value.

Description

Populate a collection from a table.

Discussion

The <COLLECTION>.FROM_TABLE() method populates a collection with data from a table.

Example

dim customers as U
dim t as P
dim filename as C
t = table.open("customer")
filename = t.filename_get()
customers.from_table(filename, "customer_id", "lastname")
? customers.get("00000003")
= "Rebo"

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