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 | Chapter 6. The Superbase Micro Engine (SBME) Component |  |
sbme1field
Description
Objects of type sbme1field represent a field in a database table in an SBME database file, and provide information that may be needed about the field.
Type Tags
db1field
Object Value
Objects of type sbme1field have no value, and it is an error to try to get or set this value.
Properties
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| _ | type(*) | This property is provided for use by the user to attach any object of any type to the type in which this property is provided. |
| __ | type(*) | This property is provided for use by the user to attach any object of any type to the type in which this property is provided. It has the additional feature of being marked with the resolve keyword, so that object resolution can continue down this property. |
| datatype | type | Contains a reference to the type object that describes the type of data that the field contains. |
| index | sbme1index |
If the field is part of an index then this property contains a reference to
the most precise sbme1index object for that index that
has this field as the first field, otherwise it contains
.nul.
|
| name | string | Contains the name of the field. |
| next | sbme1field | Contains a reference to the next sbme1field object for the table. The sbme1field objects for a table form a closed loop that is linked by this property. |
| table | sbme1table | Contains a reference to the sbme1table object for the table that contains this field. |
| type | type | Specifies the sbme1field type object. |