Gets data whose type is decimal from the specified buffer of a DataWindow control or DataStore object. You can obtain the data that was originally retrieved and stored in the database from the original buffer, as well as the current value in the primary, delete, or filter buffers.
DataWindow type |
Method applies to |
|---|---|
PowerBuilder |
DataWindow control, DataWindowChild object, DataStore object |
decimal dwcontrol.GetItemDecimal ( long row, integer column
{, DWBuffer dwbuffer, boolean originalvalue } )
decimal dwcontrol.GetItemDecimal ( long row, string column
{, DWBuffer dwbuffer, boolean originalvalue } )
Argument |
Description |
|---|---|
dwcontrol |
A reference to a DataWindow control or DataStore. |
row |
A value identifying the row location of the decimal data. |
column |
The column location of the data. The datatype of the column must be one of type decimal. Column can be a column number or a column name. The column number is the number of the column as it is listed in the Column Specification view of the DataWindow painter—not necessarily the number of the column in the Design view. To get the contents of a computed field, specify the name of the computed field for column. Computed fields do not have numbers. |
dwbuffer (optional) |
A value of the dwBuffer enumerated datatype identifying the DataWindow buffer from which you want to get the data. For a list of valid values, see DWBuffer. |
originalvalue (optional) |
A boolean indicating whether you want the original or current values for row and column:
If you specify dwbuffer, you must also specify originalvalue. |
Returns the decimal value in the specified row and column. Returns null if the column value is null or if there is no DataWindow object assigned to the DataWindow control or DataStore. Triggers the SystemError event and returns –1 if any other error occurs (see “Handling errors”).
If any argument value is null, the method returns null.
Use GetItemDecimal when you want to get information from the DataWindow’s buffers. To find out what the user entered in the current column before that data is accepted, use GetText. In the ItemChanged or ItemError events, use the data argument.
To access a row in the original buffer, specify the buffer that the row currently occupies (primary, delete, or filter) and the number of the row in that buffer. When you specify true for originalvalue, the method gets the original data for that row from the original buffer.
The return value is a valid value from the database unless the SystemError event is triggered. When the value cannot be converted because the column’s datatype does not match the method’s datatype, an execution error occurs, which triggers the SystemError event. The default error processing halts the application.
If you write a script for the SystemError event, it should also halt the application. Therefore, the error return value is seldom used.
These statements set salary_amt to the current decimal data in the primary buffer for row 4 of the column named emp_salary of dw_employee:
decimal salary_amt
salary_amt = &
dw_employee.GetItemDecimal(4, "emp_salary")
These statements set salary_amt to the current decimal data in the filter buffer for row 4 of the column named emp_salary of dw_employee:
decimal salary_amt
salary_amt = dw_employee.GetItemDecimal(4, &
"emp_salary", Filter!, false)
These statements set salary_amt to the original decimal data in the primary buffer for row 4 of the column named emp_salary of dw_employee:
decimal salary_amt
salary_amt = dw_employee.GetItemDecimal(4, &
"emp_salary", Primary!, true)
