Does anyone know how to retrieve the primary key field(s) of a given
paradox table, using delphi??

On 16 Jan 1996 20:31:51 GMT, h...@central.co.nz (Chris O'Neill) wrote:

You could iterate through the array of index definitions contained in the
TIndexDefs object. Each index definition in the array, of type TIndexDef,
has a Fields and an Options property. You would then need to iterate
through the TIndexDef objects until you arrive at the one that has the
TIndexOption ixPrimary in the Options property. The Fields property of that
TIndexDef object will contain the list of fields (or only one) that
comprise the primary index. For example:

  procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
  var
    i: Integer;
  begin
    i := 0;
    with Table1.IndexDefs do begin
      Update;
      if Count > 0 then begin
        while (i <= Count - 1) and not (ixPrimary in Items[i].Options) do
          Inc(i);
        ShowMessage('Primary index field(s): ' + Items[i].Fields);
      end
      else
        ShowMessage('No indexes');
    end;
  end;

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