hi
  I write a "briefcase model" application. I create two clientdatesets,
the clientdateSet1's fields like this : ID,field1,field2 ,field3...
the clientdateSet2's fields like this : ID,fieldA,fieldB ,fieldC...
I want to get the resultSet like the sql: select clientdateSet1.ID ,
clientdateSet1.field1, clientdateSet2.fieldA,clientdateSet2.fieldB where
clientdateSet1.ID=clientdateSet2.ID and clientdateSet1.field1='ABCD'

Thanks for any tips!

luorl

Hello !

ClientDataSet does not supports directly joins. But,
you can emulate that, depending on your needs, using
one of approaches:

1) Use master-detail relationship between two client
datasets. You can achive near transparency, using
following code:
  function GetFieldCount: Integer;
  begin
    Result := clientdateSet1.FieldCount + clientdateSet2.FieldCount;
  end;
  function GetField(AIndex: Integer): TField;
  begin
    if AIndex < clientdateSet1.FieldCount then
      Result := clientdateSet1.Fields[AIndex]
    else
      Result := clientdateSet2.Fields[AIndex - clientdateSet1.FieldCount];
  end;
More or less, the same may be achived using other
clientdataset filtrating / searching techniques: Ranges,
Filters / Locate.

2) You can add calculated / lookup fields to
ClientDataSet1. And they will return field values of
ClientDataSet2.

3) You can create ClientDataSet3. It will consists
from fields of ClientDataSet1 and 2. And fill it using
data from ClientDataSet1 and 2. To join they data
using any approach from (1).

Regards,
Dmitry

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