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"