Delphi Database, Delphi Components from ComponentAce

Create Table Example

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  {set up database component}
  ABSDatabase1.DatabaseName := 'emp_db';
  ABSDatabase1.DatabaseFileName := 'c:\data\employee_db.abs';

  {set up table component}
  ABSTable1.DatabaseName := 'emp_db';
  ABSTable1.TableName := 'employee';

  with ABSTable1 do
   begin
     {specifying table fields}
     with FieldDefs do
   begin
      Clear;
         Add('EmpNo',ftAutoInc,0,False);
         Add('LastName',ftString,20,False);
         Add('FirstName',ftString,15,False);
         Add('PhoneExt',ftString,4,False);
         Add('HireDate',ftDate,0,False);
         Add('Salary',ftCurrency,0,False);
    end;
     {specifying table indexes}
     with IndexDefs do
       begin
         Clear;
         Add('idxPrimary','EmpNo',[ixPrimary]);
         Add('idxByLastNameFirstName','LastName;FirstName',[ixCaseInsensitive]);
       end;
   end;

  {create the database}
  with ABSDatabase1 do
   {if database file doesn't exist}
    if not Exists then
      CreateDatabase;

  {and create the table}
  with ABSTable1 do
   {if table doesn't exist}
    if not Exists then
      CreateTable;

Dec 04, 2024