Delphi: using TClientDataset as an in-memory dataset

Question

According to this page, it\'s possible to use TClientDataset as an in-memory dataset, completely independent of any actual databases or files. It describes how

Answer 1

This is a corrected working code mentioned by OP in the first post. You get a memory table from a TClientDataset shown in DBGrid.

unit Unit1;

interface

uses
  Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Variants, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms,
  Dialogs, DB, DBClient, Grids, DBGrids, StdCtrls, MidasLib;

type
  TForm1 = class(TForm)
    MemTable: TClientDataSet;
    Button1: TButton;
    Button2: TButton;
    DBGrid1: TDBGrid;
    DataSource1: TDataSource;
    procedure Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
    procedure Button2Click(Sender: TObject);
    procedure FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
  private
    { Private declarations }
  public
    { Public declarations }
  end;

var
  Form1: TForm1;

implementation

{$R *.dfm}

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
  i: word;
begin
  MemTable.DisableControls;
  for i := 1 to 20000 do
  begin
    MemTable.Append;
    MemTable.FieldByName('ID').AsInteger       := i;
    MemTable.FieldByName('Status').AsString    := 'Code'+IntToStr(i);
    MemTable.FieldByName('Created').AsDateTime := Date();
    MemTable.FieldByName('Volume').AsFloat     := Random(10000);
    MemTable.Post;
  end;
  MemTable.EnableControls;
end;

procedure TForm1.Button2Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
  MemTable.IndexFieldNames := 'Volume';
end;

procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
begin
  MemTable.FieldDefs.Add('ID',      ftInteger, 0, False);
  MemTable.FieldDefs.Add('Status',  ftString, 10, False);
  MemTable.FieldDefs.Add('Created', ftDate,    0, False);
  MemTable.FieldDefs.Add('Volume',  ftFloat,   0, False);
  MemTable.CreateDataSet;
end;

end.