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    TFieldDef.CharSize

    Character size.

    Declaration

    Source position: db.pas line 208

    public property CharSize: Word;

    Description

    CharSize is only relevant for for string fields: it indicates the number of bytes used to represent a single character. It is calculated from the TFieldDef.CodePage property and can have the following values:

    • 1 for single-byte string fields
    • 2 for UnicodeString fields
    • 4 for UTF8 strings

    See also

    Name Description
    TFieldDef.CodePage System code page for the values in string and wide string field types.
    TFieldDef.Size Size of the buffer needed to store the data of the field.