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{*         Hannes Danzl                                                       *}   
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// a sql dialect class for paradox
unit VPSQLParadoxDialect;

interface

uses
  VPSQLDialect, VPDbIntf, dbtables, db, sysutils;

type
  // a sql dialect class for paradox
  TVPParadoxSQLDialect = class(TBaseSQLDialect)
  protected
    // override to use 'create table "%TableName%" (%Fields%)' since paradox
    // can have the fileextension in the tablename
    function GetCreateSyntax: String; override;
    // return the right strings
    function SQLGetColumnDef(const aFieldDef: TFieldDef): String; override;
    // override to avoid abstract error
    procedure EnsureDatabaseExists; virtual; 
  end;

implementation

procedure TVPParadoxSQLDialect.EnsureDatabaseExists;
begin
  // do nothing
end;

function TVPParadoxSQLDialect.GetCreateSyntax: String;
begin
  result:='create table "%TableName%" (%Fields%)';
end;

function TVPParadoxSQLDialect.SQLGetColumnDef(
  const aFieldDef: TFieldDef): String;
var
  aTypeName: String;
begin
  case aFieldDef.DataType of
    ftInteger: aTypeName:='INTEGER';
    ftFloat: aTypeName:='NUMERIC';
    ftString:
      if aFieldDef.Size<256 then
        aTypeName:='VARCHAR('+inttostr(aFieldDef.Size)+')'
      else
        aTypeName:='BLOB(1,1)';
    ftBoolean: aTypeName:='BOOLEAN';
    ftDate: aTypeName:='DATE';
    ftTime: aTypeName:='TIME';
    ftDateTime: aTypeName:='TIMESTAMP';
  end;    // case
  result:=aFieldDef.Name+' '+aTypeName;
end;

function CreateParadoxDialect(InterfaceClass: String): TObject;
begin
  result:=TVPParadoxSQLDialect.Create(nil);
end;

initialization
  // IMPORTANT: register it
  sSQLDialectFactory.RegisterInterfaceType('Paradox', @CreateParadoxDialect);
end.