Fast Report - Get Data Directly from DB

Introduction

Sometime in the report you might wanted some extra information but you not able to select in the report design. So you had to self query to get the extra information.

There are 2 ways to Get the data directly from Database

• Cache Query
• Get DB Data Query

Cache Query

Only available SQL Accounting Version 723 & above

Pros

1. Easy to write
2. Can direct filter data from Local Pipeline
3. Less data Loading

Cons

1. Unable to Total the all result shown
2. Only support = in the Query
3. No pipeline is created

Example 1 - Get Shelf Field from Maintain Item

Below is Example are doing following actions

• At Sales Invoice to get Shelf field from Maintain Item

Last Script Update : 18 Dec 2015

Steps

01. Click the Red A Icon.

02. Click on the place to be print/shown.

03. Right Click the Memo.

04. Select Stretch

05. Click on Events tab

06. Double Click OnBeforePrint

07. Enter below script

procedure Memo18OnBeforePrint(Sender: TfrxComponent);
var V : Variant;
begin
  V := Null;
  //Get Shelf From ST_Item
  if Trim(<Document_Detail."ItemCode">) <> '' then
    V := CacheQuery_GetValue(pST_Item, [<Document_Detail."ItemCode">], 'Shelf');
    
  if not VarIsNull(V) then
    Memo18.Text := V else
    Memo18.Text := '';
end;

08. Scroll up till the top of the Code

09. Enter below script at the First line

var pST_Item : pointer;

10. Scroll down till the end of the Code

11. Enter below script in between begin and end.

  pST_Item := CacheQuery_New('SELECT Shelf FROM ST_ITEM WHERE Code=:Code');

12. Save the report.

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Example 2 - Get RefCost Field from Maintain Item

Below is Example are doing following actions

• Sales Invoice to get RefCost field from Maintain Item
• Use RefCost * Qty in Sales Invoice

Last Script Update : 18 Dec 2015

Steps

01. Click the Red A Icon.

02. Click on the place to be print/shown.

03. Right Click the Memo.

04. Select Stretch

05. Click on Events tab

06. Double Click OnBeforePrint

07. Enter below script

procedure Memo18OnBeforePrint(Sender: TfrxComponent);
var V : Variant;                            
begin
  V := Null;
  //Get RefCost*Qty
  if Trim(<Document_Detail."ItemCode">) <> '' then
    V := CacheQuery_GetValue(pST_Item_UOM, [<Document_Detail."ItemCode">, <Document_Detail."UOM">], 'RefCost');        

  if not VarIsNull(V) then
    V := V * <Document_Detail."Qty"> else
    V := 0;
  Memo18.Text := FormatFloat(<Option."AccountingValueDisplayFormat">, V);
end;

08. Scroll up till the top of the Code

09. Enter below script at the First line

var pST_Item_UOM : pointer;

10. Scroll down till the end of the Code

11. Enter below script in between begin and end.

  pST_Item_UOM := CacheQuery_New('SELECT RefCost FROM ST_ITEM_UOM WHERE Code=:Code AND UOM=:UOM');

12. Save the report.

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Example 3 - Get Picture Field from Maintain Item

Below is Example are doing following actions

• Sales Invoice to get Picture field from Maintain Item

Last Script Update : 28 Mar 2016

Steps

01. Click on Picture Icon (Below Red A icon)

02. Click on the place to be print/shown.

03. Click on Event tab on Object Inspector

04. Double Click OnBeforePrint

05. Enter below script

procedure Picture1OnBeforePrint(Sender: TfrxComponent);
var V : Variant;
begin
  Picture1.Height := 0;    
  V := Null;
  V := CacheQuery_GetValue(pST_Item, [<Document_Detail."ItemCode">], 'Picture');
  if not VarIsNull(V) then begin                              
    Picture1.LoadPictureFromBytes(V);
    Picture1.Height := 48;                                            
  end;                
end;

06. Scroll up till the top of the Code

07. Enter below script at the First line

var pST_Item : pointer;

08. Scroll down till the end of the Code

09. Enter below script in between begin and end.

06. Scroll up till the top of the Code

07. Enter below script at the First line

  pST_Item := CacheQuery_New('SELECT Picture FROM ST_ITEM WHERE Code=:Code');

10. Save the report.

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Get DB Data Query

User can use this function to query & add new pipeline & also join/link the new pipeline to the existing/local pipeline.
The Steps is 99% same like Fast_Report_-_Get_Data_from_Available_Pipeline the only different is the Script part.

Pros

1. Can write complex query

Cons

1. Not Easy to write
2. Unable to filter data from Local Pipeline (i.e. Had to Select ALL data from the Table)
3. Might slow Loading report if not careful

Example 1 - Get Maintain Batch Information

Below is Example doing following actions

• Get data information From Stock Batch

Last Script Update : 07 Dec 2015

Steps

01. Click Code tab & scroll down look for procedure SetUp

02. Copy below script & paste it between the begin & end; in procedure SetUp

  SQL := 'SELECT Code, Description, ExpDate, MfgDate, Remark1, Remark2 FROM ST_BATCH';
  AddDataSet('plST_Batch',['Code', 'Description', 'ExpDate', 'MfgDate', 'Remark1', 'Remark2'])
  .GetDBData(SQL)
  .LinkTo('Document_Detail', 'Batch', 'Code'); // Link to Detail

03. Click File | Save As... to save the file (eg Sales Invoice 7 (GST 2)-New)

04. Click File | Exit to exit the report design

05. Click Design again in the report designer for the file just save on Steps 3 (eg Sales Invoice 7 (GST 2)-New)

06. Click on Red A icon & click the place to print

07. Select the option for following setting

• Dataset : plST_Batch
• DataField : ExpDate

08. Repeat Steps 6 to 7 for other field if necessary

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See also

• Report Designer
• Others Customisation