[fpc-pascal] Patch: new XML export for FCL-DB ready for inclusion, issue 19790 - includes Delphi Clientdataset

[Reinier Olislagers]

On 15-8-2011 11:44, Reinier Olislagers wrote:
> On 15-8-2011 11:25, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
>> I created a dataset with 2 fields. A ftString field with size 33, and a
>> ftWideString field with size 44.
>>
>> Based on the following output from SaveToFile, I would say that you'll
>> need to put Size*SizeOf(CharTypeUsedInfield), which should be DataSize.
>>
>> Michael.
>>
>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <DATAPACKET
>> Version="2.0">
>> <METADATA>
>> <FIELDS>
>> <FIELD attrname="stringveld" fieldtype="string" WIDTH="33"/>
>> <FIELD attrname="WideStringVeld" fieldtype="string.uni" WIDTH="44"/>
>> </FIELDS>
>> <PARAMS/>
>> </METADATA>
>> <ROWDATA>
>> </ROWDATA>
>> </DATAPACKET>
> 
> Thanks, Michael,
> 
> Set to .DataSize...
> 
> I'm ready for uploading this for inclusion in FPC, I can open a
> bugreport and attach the patch if you're happy with that.
Decided to upload it - I think it's a great improvement compared to the
original code. Unfortunately that has more to do with my skills and
other peoples' help, but well... better code is better code :)

Uploaded as issue 19987.

Thanks,
Reinier