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The Data Tier

But there's still a missing piece—the DataTier class library that's the subject of this chapter. Now that you've seen all of the places where its methods are called, you should be able to match up the calls from Listing 3.6 with the methods in Listing 3.7 and see how they fit together.

The data tier is a class used to instantiate an object called oDataTier in MAIN.PRG. Thereafter, any time we need to send data to a data store, we call a method on the oDataTier object.

It's important to note that in this methodology, you either open a DBF or a CURSOR for each table object. If you initiate either an Add or an Edit, you set buffering mode to 3, change something, and then call TableUpdate() and set Buffering back to 1. (If your user cancels, you refresh the screen with whatever was there before—the original, unchanged record. Tablerevert() does that, as long as you add a little code to go back to the record you were pointing to before the APPEND BLANK step.) If you were using FoxPro, you'd be home now.

However, if you're using SQL Server or an XML Web Service, you're only halfway there. You've done the equivalent in .NET of saving changes to a dataset. Now you need to use the saved data to update the data store, which might be on SQL Server or in Timbuktu. So we still need the TableUpdate() and TableRevert() function calls in the Save and Cancel buttons. We just have to add one more call to the DataTier object to see what else to do. If we're using DBFs, as you'll see, it simply excuses itself and returns. Similarly, in the form's Load event, we call the CreateCursor method of this object, which either creates a cursor, or, in the case of DBF access, opens the appropriate table and sets the index tag.

The proper way to read this code is to find the place in the form template code where each routine is being called, and then see what the DataTier routine does after the template code runs. It's the combination of the template code and the DataTier code that works the magic. Listing 3.7 shows the DataTier code.

Listing 3.7 DataTier.PRG

DEFINE CLASS DataTier AS Custom
AccessMethod = []
* Any attempt to assign a value to this property will be trapped
*            by the "setter" method AccessMethod_Assign.
ConnectionString = ;
 [Driver={SQL Server};Server=(local);Database=Mydatabase;UID=sa;PWD=;]
Handle    = 0

* Betcha didn't know you could write your own Assign methods...

PROCEDURE AccessMethod_Assign
PARAMETERS AM
DO CASE
  CASE AM = [DBF]
    THIS.AccessMethod = [DBF]  && FoxPro tables
  CASE AM = [SQL]
    THIS.AccessMethod = [SQL]  && MS Sql Server
    THIS.GetHandle
  CASE AM = [XML]
    THIS.AccessMethod = [XML]  && FoxPro XMLAdapter
  CASE AM = [WC]
    THIS.AccessMethod = [WC]   && WebConnection server
  OTHERWISE
    MESSAGEBOX( [Incorrect access method ] + AM, 16, [Setter error] )
    THIS.AccessMethod = []
ENDCASE
_VFP.Caption = [Data access method: ] + THIS.AccessMethod
ENDPROC

* CreateCursor actually opens the DBF if AccessMethod is DBF;
* otherwise it uses a structure returned from the data 
* store to create a cursor that is bound to the screen controls:

PROCEDURE CreateCursor
LPARAMETERS pTable, pKeyField
IF THIS.AccessMethod = [DBF]
  IF NOT USED ( pTable )
   SELECT 0
   USE ( pTable ) ALIAS ( pTable )
  ENDIF
  SELECT ( pTable )
  IF NOT EMPTY ( pKeyField )
   SET ORDER TO TAG ( pKeyField )
  ENDIF
  RETURN
ENDIF
Cmd = [SELECT * FROM ] + pTable + [ WHERE 1=2]
DO CASE
  CASE THIS.AccessMethod = [SQL]
    SQLEXEC( THIS.Handle, Cmd )
    AFIELDS ( laFlds )
    USE
    CREATE CURSOR ( pTable ) FROM ARRAY laFlds
  CASE THIS.AccessMethod = [XML]
  CASE THIS.AccessMethod = [WC]
ENDCASE

* GetHandle is called in the Assign method of the AccessMethod 
* property earlier in this listing (two procedures back).

PROCEDURE GetHandle
IF THIS.AccessMethod = [SQL]
  IF THIS.Handle > 0
   RETURN
  ENDIF
  THIS.Handle = SQLSTRINGCONNECT( THIS.ConnectionString )
  IF THIS.Handle < 1
   MESSAGEBOX( [Unable to connect], 16, [SQL Connection error], 2000 )
  ENDIF
 ELSE
  Msg = [A SQL connection was requested, but access method is ] ;
    + THIS.AccessMethod
  MESSAGEBOX( Msg, 16, [SQL Connection error], 2000 )
  THIS.AccessMethod = []
ENDIF
RETURN

PROCEDURE GetMatchingRecords
LPARAMETERS pTable, pFields, pExpr
pFields = IIF ( EMPTY ( pFields ), [*], pFields )
pExpr  = IIF ( EMPTY ( pExpr ), [], ;
     [ WHERE ] + STRTRAN ( UPPER ( ALLTRIM ( pExpr ) ), [WHERE ], [] ) )
cExpr  = [SELECT ] + pFields + [ FROM ] + pTable + pExpr
IF NOT USED ( pTable )
  RetVal = THIS.CreateCursor ( pTable )
ENDIF
DO CASE
  CASE THIS.AccessMethod = [DBF]
    &cExpr
  CASE THIS.AccessMethod = [SQL]
    THIS.GetHandle()
    IF THIS.Handle < 1
      RETURN
    ENDIF
    lr = SQLExec ( THIS.Handle, cExpr )
    IF lr >= 0
      THIS.FillCursor()
     ELSE
      Msg = [Unable to return records] + CHR(13) + cExpr
      MESSAGEBOX( Msg, 16, [SQL error] )
    ENDIF
ENDCASE
ENDPROC

In my EasySearch template, I open up a new cursor, the name of which is "View" followed by the name of the table that the data is coming from. So it's not a view, just a cursor name:

PROCEDURE CreateView
LPARAMETERS pTable
IF NOT USED( pTable )
  MESSAGEBOX( [Can't find cursor ] + pTable, 16, [Error creating view], 2000 )
  RETURN
ENDIF
SELECT ( pTable )
AFIELDS( laFlds )
SELECT 0
CREATE CURSOR ( [View] + pTable ) FROM ARRAY laFlds
ENDFUNC

GetOneRecord is called with all types of data stores. If we're using a DBF, a LOCATE command that refers to the current index tag is Rushmore-optimized and very fast. With SQL, it's also Rushmore-optimized, because SQL 2000 uses Rushmore—with not a single mention of where it came from. But we know...

PROCEDURE GetOneRecord
LPARAMETERS pTable, pKeyField, pKeyValue
SELECT ( pTable )
Dlm = IIF ( TYPE ( pKeyField ) = [C], ['], [] )
IF THIS.AccessMethod = [DBF]
  cExpr = [LOCATE FOR ] + pKeyField + [=] + Dlm + TRANSFORM ( pKeyValue ) + Dlm
 ELSE
  cExpr = [SELECT * FROM ] + pTable ;
     + [ WHERE ] + pKeyField + [=] + Dlm + TRANSFORM ( pKeyValue ) + Dlm
ENDIF
DO CASE
  CASE THIS.AccessMethod = [DBF]
    &cExpr
  CASE THIS.AccessMethod = [SQL]
    lr = SQLExec ( THIS.Handle, cExpr )
    IF lr >= 0
      THIS.FillCursor( pTable )
     ELSE
      Msg = [Unable to return record] + CHR(13) + cExpr
      MESSAGEBOX( Msg, 16, [SQL error] )
    ENDIF
  CASE THIS.AccessMethod = [XML]
  CASE THIS.AccessMethod = [WC]
ENDCASE
ENDFUNC

FillCursor is analogous to the Fill method of .NET's DataAdapters. FoxPro's ZAP is like the .NET DataAdapter.Clear method. By appending FROM DBF(CursorName) into the named cursor, we don't break the data binding with the form's controls:

PROCEDURE FillCursor
LPARAMETERS pTable
IF THIS.AccessMethod = [DBF]
  RETURN
ENDIF
SELECT ( pTable )
ZAP
APPEND FROM DBF ( [SQLResult] )
USE IN SQLResult
GO TOP
ENDPROC

I'd like to think that all primary keys were going to be integers, but legacy systems sometimes have character keys. That's what the check for delimiters is in the DeleteRecord routine:

PROCEDURE DeleteRecord
LPARAMETERS pTable, pKeyField
IF THIS.AccessMethod = [DBF]
  RETURN
ENDIF
KeyValue = EVALUATE ( pTable + [.] + pKeyField )
Dlm   = IIF ( TYPE ( pKeyField ) = [C], ['], [] )
DO CASE
  CASE THIS.AccessMethod = [SQL]
    cExpr = [DELETE ] + pTable + [ WHERE ] + pKeyField + [=] ;
       + Dlm + TRANSFORM ( m.KeyValue ) + Dlm
    lr = SQLExec ( THIS.Handle, cExpr )
    IF lr < 0
      Msg = [Unable to delete record] + CHR(13) + cExpr
      MESSAGEBOX( Msg, 16, [SQL error] )
    ENDIF
  CASE THIS.AccessMethod = [XML]
  CASE THIS.AccessMethod = [WC]
ENDCASE
ENDFUNC

The SaveRecord routine either does an INSERT or an UPDATE depending on whether the user was adding or not:

PROCEDURE SaveRecord
PARAMETERS pTable, pKeyField, pAdding
IF THIS.AccessMethod = [DBF]
  RETURN
ENDIF
IF pAdding
  THIS.InsertRecord ( pTable, pKeyField )
 ELSE
  THIS.UpdateRecord ( pTable, pKeyField )
ENDIF
ENDPROC

The InsertRecord and UpdateRecord routines call corresponding functions that build SQL INSERT or UPDATE commands, in much the same way that .NET does. I store the resulting string to _ClipText so that I can open up Query Analyzer and execute the command there manually to see what went wrong. It's the fastest way to debug your generated SQL code. Finally, I use SQLExec() to execute the command. SQLExec() returns -1 if there's a problem.

PROCEDURE InsertRecord
LPARAMETERS pTable, pKeyField
cExpr = THIS.BuildInsertCommand ( pTable, pKeyField )
_ClipText = cExpr
DO CASE
  CASE THIS.AccessMethod = [SQL]
    lr = SQLExec ( THIS.Handle, cExpr )
    IF lr < 0
      msg = [Unable to insert record; command follows:] + CHR(13) + cExpr
      MESSAGEBOX( Msg, 16, [SQL error] )
    ENDIF
  CASE THIS.AccessMethod = [XML]
  CASE THIS.AccessMethod = [WC]
ENDCASE
ENDFUNC

PROCEDURE UpdateRecord
LPARAMETERS pTable, pKeyField
cExpr = THIS.BuildUpdateCommand ( pTable, pKeyField )
_ClipText = cExpr
DO CASE
  CASE THIS.AccessMethod = [SQL]
    lr = SQLExec ( THIS.Handle, cExpr )
    IF lr < 0
      msg = [Unable to update record; command follows:] + CHR(13) + cExpr
      MESSAGEBOX( Msg, 16, [SQL error] )
    ENDIF
  CASE THIS.AccessMethod = [XML]
  CASE THIS.AccessMethod = [WC]
ENDCASE
ENDFUNC

FUNCTION BuildInsertCommand
PARAMETERS pTable, pKeyField
Cmd = [INSERT ] + pTable + [ ( ]
FOR I = 1 TO FCOUNT()
  Fld = UPPER(FIELD(I))
  IF TYPE ( Fld ) = [G]
    LOOP
  ENDIF
  Cmd = Cmd + Fld + [, ]
ENDFOR
Cmd = LEFT(Cmd,LEN(Cmd)-2) + [ } VALUES ( ]
FOR I = 1 TO FCOUNT()
  Fld = FIELD(I)
  IF TYPE ( Fld ) = [G]
    LOOP
  ENDIF
  Dta = ALLTRIM(TRANSFORM ( &Fld ))
  Dta = CHRTRAN ( Dta, CHR(39), CHR(146) )
*  get rid of single quotes in the data
  Dta = IIF ( Dta = [/ /], [], Dta )
  Dta = IIF ( Dta = [.F.], [0], Dta )
  Dta = IIF ( Dta = [.T.], [1], Dta )
  Dlm = IIF ( TYPE ( Fld ) $ [CM],['],;
     IIF ( TYPE ( Fld ) $ [DT],['],;
     IIF ( TYPE ( Fld ) $ [IN],[],  [])))
  Cmd = Cmd + Dlm + Dta + Dlm + [, ]
ENDFOR
Cmd = LEFT ( Cmd, LEN(Cmd) -2) + [ )] && Remove ", " add " )"
RETURN Cmd
ENDFUNC

FUNCTION BuildUpdateCommand
PARAMETERS pTable, pKeyField
Cmd = [UPDATE ] + pTable + [ SET ]
FOR I = 1 TO FCOUNT()
  Fld = UPPER(FIELD(I))
  IF Fld = UPPER(pKeyField)
    LOOP
  ENDIF
  IF TYPE ( Fld ) = [G]
    LOOP
  ENDIF
  Dta = ALLTRIM(TRANSFORM ( &Fld ))
  IF Dta = [.NULL.]
    DO CASE
     CASE TYPE ( Fld ) $ [CMDT]
        Dta = []
     CASE TYPE ( Fld ) $ [INL]
        Dta = [0]
    ENDCASE
  ENDIF
  Dta = CHRTRAN ( Dta, CHR(39), CHR(146) )
*   get rid of single quotes in the data
  Dta = IIF ( Dta = [/ /], [], Dta )
  Dta = IIF ( Dta = [.F.], [0], Dta )
  Dta = IIF ( Dta = [.T.], [1], Dta )
  Dlm = IIF ( TYPE ( Fld ) $ [CM],['],;
     IIF ( TYPE ( Fld ) $ [DT],['],;
     IIF ( TYPE ( Fld ) $ [IN],[],  [])))
  Cmd = Cmd + Fld + [=] + Dlm + Dta + Dlm + [, ]
ENDFOR
Dlm = IIF ( TYPE ( pKeyField ) = [C], ['], [] )
Cmd = LEFT ( Cmd, LEN(Cmd) -2 )      ;
  + [ WHERE ] + pKeyField + [=]     ;
  + + Dlm + TRANSFORM(EVALUATE(pKeyField)) + Dlm
RETURN Cmd
ENDFUNC

Sometimes I need to return a cursor that I'll use for my own purposes, for example, to load a combo box. I use the default name SQLResult. I only name it here because if I use FoxPro's SELECT, it returns the cursor into a BROWSE by default, and I need to ensure that the cursor name will be SQLResult when I return from this procedure:

PROCEDURE SelectCmdToSQLResult
LPARAMETERS pExpr
DO CASE
  CASE THIS.AccessMethod = [DBF]
     pExpr = pExpr + [ INTO CURSOR SQLResult]
    &pExpr
  CASE THIS.AccessMethod = [SQL]
    THIS.GetHandle()
    IF THIS.Handle < 1
      RETURN
    ENDIF
    lr = SQLExec ( THIS.Handle, pExpr )
    IF lr < 0
      Msg = [Unable to return records] + CHR(13) + cExpr
      MESSAGEBOX( Msg, 16, [SQL error] )
    ENDIF
  CASE THIS.AccessMethod = [XML]
  CASE THIS.AccessMethod = [WC]
ENDCASE
ENDFUNC

When I add a new record, whether I use DBFS or SQL, I'm responsible for inserting a unique value into the table. So I maintain a table of table names and the last key used. If you create this table manually, be sure to update the LastKeyVal field manually before going live, or you'll get thousands of duplicate keys.

FUNCTION GetNextKeyValue
LPARAMETERS pTable
EXTERNAL ARRAY laVal
pTable = UPPER ( pTable )
DO CASE

  CASE THIS.AccessMethod = [DBF]
    IF NOT FILE ( [Keys.DBF] )
      CREATE TABLE Keys ( TableName Char(20), LastKeyVal Integer )
    ENDIF
    IF NOT USED ( [Keys] )
      USE Keys IN 0
    ENDIF
    SELECT Keys
    LOCATE FOR TableName = pTable
    IF NOT FOUND()
      INSERT INTO Keys VALUES ( pTable, 0 )
    ENDIF
    Cmd = [UPDATE Keys SET LastKeyVal=LastKeyVal + 1 ]  ;
      + [ WHERE TableName='] + pTable + [']
    &Cmd
    Cmd = [SELECT LastKeyVal FROM Keys WHERE TableName = '] ;
      + pTable + [' INTO ARRAY laVal]
    &Cmd
    USE IN Keys
    RETURN TRANSFORM(laVal(1)) 

  CASE THIS.AccessMethod = [SQL]

    Cmd = [SELECT Name FROM SysObjects WHERE Name='KEYS' AND Type='U']
    lr = SQLEXEC( THIS.Handle, Cmd )
    IF lr < 0
      MESSAGEBOX( "SQL Error:"+ CHR(13) + Cmd, 16 )
    ENDIF
    IF RECCOUNT([SQLResult]) = 0
      Cmd = [CREATE TABLE Keys ( TableName Char(20), LastKeyVal Integer )]
      SQLEXEC( THIS.Handle, Cmd )
    ENDIF
    Cmd = [SELECT LastKeyVal FROM Keys WHERE TableName='] + pTable + [']
    lr = SQLEXEC( THIS.Handle, Cmd )
    IF lr < 0
      MESSAGEBOX( "SQL Error:"+ CHR(13) + Cmd, 16 )
    ENDIF
    IF RECCOUNT([SQLResult]) = 0
      Cmd = [INSERT INTO Keys VALUES ('] + pTable + [', 0 )]
      lr = SQLEXEC( THIS.Handle, Cmd )
      IF lr < 0
       MESSAGEBOX( "SQL Error:"+ CHR(13) + Cmd, 16 )
      ENDIF
    ENDIF
    Cmd = [UPDATE Keys SET LastKeyVal=LastKeyVal + 1 WHERE TableName='] ;
      + pTable + [']
    lr = SQLEXEC( THIS.Handle, Cmd )
    IF lr < 0
      MESSAGEBOX( "SQL Error:"+ CHR(13) + Cmd, 16 )
    ENDIF
    Cmd = [SELECT LastKeyVal FROM Keys WHERE TableName='] + pTable + [']
    lr = SQLEXEC( THIS.Handle, Cmd )
    IF lr < 0
      MESSAGEBOX( "SQL Error:"+ CHR(13) + Cmd, 16 )
    ENDIF
    nLastKeyVal = TRANSFORM(SQLResult.LastKeyVal)
    USE IN SQLResult
    RETURN TRANSFORM(nLastKeyVal)

  CASE THIS.AccessMethod = [WC]
  CASE THIS.AccessMethod = [XML]

ENDCASE

ENDDEFINE

Running the Application

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BUILD EXE Chapter3 FROM Chapter3

or use the Build button in the Project Manager. When you have an executable, run it and try each of the forms, as well as the search screens. It works pretty nicely, as we're used to seeing with DBF tables.

Now, select Change Data Source from the menu and enter SQL, as shown in Figure 3.4.

Figure 3.4Figure 3.4 Changing the data access method.

Now, open the Customer form. There's no data! That's standard for a SQL application because until the user requests a record, they don't have one yet. So click on Find, enter some search criteria (actually, to return all records, just leave them all blank), click on Show Matches, and select one. The search form disappears, and you've got data! Select Edit, and then change something and save it. Reload the page to verify that it worked. Add a record, save it, and see if the search form finds it.

Nothing special happens, except that you just built a FoxPro application that works with either DBFs or SQL without writing a single line of code in any of the forms.

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