4D v14.3
Get external data path
- 4D Language Reference
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- Structure Access
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- Structure Access Commands
- CREATE INDEX
- DELETE INDEX
- Field
- Field name
- Get external data path
- GET FIELD ENTRY PROPERTIES
- GET FIELD PROPERTIES
- Get last field number
- Get last table number
- GET MISSING TABLE NAMES
- GET RELATION PROPERTIES
- GET TABLE PROPERTIES
- Is field number valid
- Is table number valid
- PAUSE INDEXESNew
- REGENERATE MISSING TABLE
- RELOAD EXTERNAL DATA
- RESUME INDEXESNew
- SET EXTERNAL DATA PATH
- SET INDEX
- Table
- Table name
Get external data path
| Get external data path ( aField ) -> Function result | ||||||||
| Parameter | Type | Description | ||||||
| aField | Text, BLOB, Picture |
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Field whose storage location you want to get | |||||
| Function result | Text |
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Full pathname of external storage file | |||||
The Get external data path command returns the full pathname of the external storage file for the data of the field passed in the aField parameter, for the current record. You must pass fields of the Text, BLOB or Picture type in the parameter.
More particularly, this command lets you recopy the external file.
Note: For more information about external storage, refer to the Design Reference manual.
This command returns an empty string in the following cases:
- The field is not stored outside of the data file.
- The field has a Null value, in which case the external file was not created.
- The command is executed from a remote 4D.
Product: 4D
Theme: Structure Access
Number:
1133
Created: 4D v13
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