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Reference for unit 'DB' (#fcl)

TDataSet.FieldByName

Search a field by name

Declaration

Source position: db.pas line 1684

public function TDataSet.FieldByName(

const FieldName: string

):TField;

Arguments

FieldName

Fieldname to look for.

Function result

Field instance matching FieldName

Description

FieldByName is a shortcut for Fields.FieldByName: it searches for the field with fieldname equalling FieldName. The case is performed case-insensitive. The matching field instance is returned.

Errors

If the field is not found, an EDatabaseError exception will be raised.