Data.DB.TUnsignedAutoIncField

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Data.DB.TLongWordFieldData.DB.TNumericFieldData.DB.TFieldSystem.Classes.TComponentSystem.Classes.TPersistentSystem.TObjectTUnsignedAutoIncField

Delphi

TUnsignedAutoIncField = class(TLongWordField)

C++

class PASCALIMPLEMENTATION TUnsignedAutoIncField : public TLongWordField

Properties

Type Visibility Source Unit Parent
class public
Data.DB.pas
Data.DB.hpp
Data.DB Data.DB

Description

TUnsignedAutoIncField is a persistent field object for an auto-increment unsigned integer value field in a dataset.

TUnsignedAutoIncField provides access to an auto-increment field in a table. Auto-increment fields can hold values in the range from 0 through 4,294,967,295, and are used as a counter for the records in the dataset. Each record is given a unique value in an auto-increment field, with each record receiving the next highest integer from that of the previously inserted record. Auto-increment fields are commonly used to provide a unique primary key value for a record.

Note: Auto-incrementing fields are a function of the database back-end. An application should not attempt to set a field value for an auto-increment field (with or without a TUnsignedAutoIncField object).

If you use the Fields editor at design time to create a persistent field component for the auto-incrementing field, you can access it by name at run time. When using dynamic field components, you can access the TUnsignedAutoIncField instance using the dataset's Fields property or FieldByName method.

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