The fact that the [WayBack] 31-character limit on ClientDataSet field and index names is worse, but I just encountered this GetParamNameWODog function in a Delphi 3rd party library:
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| function GetParamNameWODog(const ParamName: _string): _string; | |
| begin | |
| if (ParamName <> '') and (ParamName[1] = '@') then | |
| Result := Copy(ParamName, 2, 1000) | |
| else | |
| Result := ParamName; | |
| end; |
What’s wrong with using the Length function here?
Yes, SQL Parameter names will probably less than 1000 characters, but then the 1000 literal should be a constant with a meaningful name, and the '@' literal should be too. Read the rest of this entry »
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