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    TLocateOption

    Available options when locating a record in a dataset.

    Declaration

    Source position: db.pas line 1601

    type
  TLocateOption = (loCaseInsensitive,loPartialKey)

    Values

    Value Description
    loCaseInsensitive Perform a case-insensitive search.
    loPartialKey Accept partial key matches for string fields.

    Description

    TLocateOption is used in the TDataset.Locate call to enumerate the possible options available when locating a record in the dataset.

    For string-type fields, this option indicates that fields starting with the search value are considered a match. For other fields (e.g. integer, date/time), this option is ignored and only equal field values are considered a match.

    See also

    Name Description
    TDataset.Locate Locate a record based on some key values.
    TLocateOptions Options to use when locating a record in a dataset.