[fpc-pascal] how to directly access field/record value of TBufDataSet?

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Tue, 1 Oct 2013, Dennis Poon wrote:

> Since TBufDataSet is in-memory, to speed things up, how can I directly access 
> the N'th record and M'th field's value as Variant?
>> 
>> Simply said: You cannot.
>> 
>
> Can any one suggest an in-memory dataset in fpc/lazarus that allows direct 
> access?
>
> Does TMemDataset allow it?

No. The architecture of TDataset does not allow this.

The buffer mechanism is quite complicated, and there are quite some layers to go through.

T(Mem)Dataset is not just an array of records. The records can be at wildly different locations,
the values may or may not be computed. Blobs are stored entirely in different locations etc.

Michael.