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Property Summary
Number
rowIndex
Get or set the record index of the dataset.

Method Summary
Boolean
addColumn(name)
adds a column with the specified name to the dataset.
Boolean
addColumn(name, index)
adds a column with the specified name to the dataset.
Boolean
addColumn(name, index, type)
adds a column with the specified name to the dataset.
void
addHTMLProperty(row, col, name, value)
Add an HTML property to an HTML tag produced in getAsHTML().
void
addRow(index, array)
Add a row to the dataset.
void
addRow(array)
Add a row to the dataset.
String
createDataSource(name)
Create a data source from the data set with specified name and using specified types.
String
createDataSource(name, types)
Create a data source from the data set with specified name and using specified types.
String
createDataSource(name, types, pkNames)
Create a data source from the data set with specified name and using specified types, add .
String
getAsHTML()
Get the dataset as an html table, do not escape values or spaces, no multi_line_markup, do not add indentation, add column names.
String
getAsHTML(escape_values)
Get the dataset as an html table, do not escape spaces, no multi_line_markup, do not add indentation, add column names.
String
getAsHTML(escape_values, escape_spaces)
Get the dataset as an html table, no multi_line_markup, do not add indentation, add column names.
String
getAsHTML(escape_values, escape_spaces, multi_line_markup)
Get the dataset as an html table, do not add indentation, add column names.
String
getAsHTML(escape_values, escape_spaces, multi_line_markup, pretty_indent)
Get the dataset as an html table, add column names.
String
getAsHTML(escape_values, escape_spaces, multi_line_markup, pretty_indent, add_column_names)
Get the dataset as an html table.
String
getAsText(column_separator, row_separator, value_delimiter, add_column_names)
Get the dataset as formatted text.
Object[]
getColumnAsArray(index)
Get the column data of a dataset as an Array.
String
getColumnName(index)
Get a column name based on index.
String[]
getColumnNames()
Get the column names of a dataset.
Number
getColumnType(index)
Get a column type based on index.
ServoyException
getException()
Get the database exception if an error occurred.
Number
getMaxColumnIndex()
Get the number of columns in the dataset.
Number
getMaxRowIndex()
Get the number of rows in the dataset.
Object[]
getRowAsArray(index)
Get the row data of a dataset as an Array.
Object
getValue(row, col)
Get the value specified by row and column position from the dataset.
Boolean
hadMoreData()
Return true if there is more data in the resultset then specified by maxReturnedRows at query time.
Boolean
removeColumn(index)
Remove a column by index from the dataset.
void
removeRow(row)
Remove a row from the dataset.
void
setColumnName(index, columnName)
Set a column name based on index.
void
setValue(row, col, obj)
Set the value specified by row and column position from the dataset.
void
sort(col, sort_direction)
Sort the dataset on the given column (1-based) in ascending or descending.
void
sort(comparator)
Sort the dataset using the function as comparator.

Property Details
rowIndex
Get or set the record index of the dataset.
Returns
Number
Sample
//assuming the variable dataset contains a dataset
//to set the rowIndex:
dataset.rowIndex = 1 //sets the rowIndex to the first row (dataset is 1-based)
//to retrieve the rowIndex of the currently selected row
var currRow = dataset.rowIndex

Method Details
addColumn
Boolean
addColumn
(name)
adds a column with the specified name to the dataset.
Parameters
{String} name - column name.
Returns
Boolean - true if succeeded, else false.
Sample
//assuming the variable dataset contains a dataset
var success = dataset.addColumn('columnName',1);

addColumn
Boolean
addColumn
(name, index)
adds a column with the specified name to the dataset.
Parameters
{String} name - column name.
{Number} index - column index number between 1 and getMaxColumnIndex().
Returns
Boolean - true if succeeded, else false.
Sample
//assuming the variable dataset contains a dataset
var success = dataset.addColumn('columnName',1);

addColumn
Boolean
addColumn
(name, index, type)
adds a column with the specified name to the dataset.
Parameters
{String} name - column name.
{Number} index - column index number between 1 and getMaxColumnIndex().
{Number} type - the type of column, see JSColumn constants.
Returns
Boolean - true if succeeded, else false.
Sample
//assuming the variable dataset contains a dataset
var success = dataset.addColumn('columnName',1);

addHTMLProperty
void
addHTMLProperty
(row, col, name, value)

Add an HTML property to an HTML tag produced in getAsHTML().

For row and col parameters use:
1 = applies to the container
0 = applies to all
>0 = applies to specific cell

Parameters
{Number} row - row number
{Number} col - column number
{String} name - String property name
{String} value - String property value
Returns
void
Sample
//adds a container property (to TABLE tag)
dataset.addHTMLProperty(-1,-1,'cellspacing','3');
dataset.addHTMLProperty(-1,-1,'style','border-collapse:collapse;'); //to have a single line border

//adds a row property to all rows (to TR tag)
dataset.addHTMLProperty(0,0,'class','text');

//adds a row property to second row (to TR tag)
dataset.addHTMLProperty(2,0,'class','text');

//adds a column property to all 3rd columns (to TD tag)
dataset.addHTMLProperty(0,3,'class','redcolumn') ;

//adds a specific cell property (to TD tag)
dataset.addHTMLProperty(2,4,'color','blue');

scopes.globals.html_field = '<html>'+dataset.getAsHTML()+'</html>';

addRow
void
addRow
(index, array)
Add a row to the dataset.
Parameters
{Number} index - index to add row (1-based)
{Object[]} array - row data
Returns
void
Sample
//assuming the variable dataset contains a dataset
dataset.addRow(new Array(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,7)); //adds a row with 8 columns
dataset.addRow(2, new Array(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,7)); //adds a row with 8 columns at row 2

addRow
void
addRow
(array)
Add a row to the dataset. The row will be added as the last row.
Parameters
{Object[]} array - row data
Returns
void
Sample
//assuming the variable dataset contains a dataset
dataset.addRow(new Array(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,7)); //adds a row with 8 columns
dataset.addRow(2, new Array(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,7)); //adds a row with 8 columns at row 2

createDataSource
String
createDataSource
(name)
Create a data source from the data set with specified name and using specified types.
The types are inferred from the data if possible.
Parameters
{String} name - data source name
Returns
String - String uri reference to the created data source.
Sample
ds.addColumn('my_id'); // note: use regular javascript identifiers so they can be used in scripting
ds.addColumn('my_label');
var uri = ds.createDataSource('mydata', [JSColumn.INTEGER, JSColumn.TEXT]);
var jsform = solutionModel.newForm(fname, uri, null, true, 300, 300);

var query = 'select customerid, address, city, country  from customers';
var ds2 = databaseManager.getDataSetByQuery('example_data', query, null, 999);
var uri2 = ds2.createDataSource('mydata2'); // types are inferred from query result

createDataSource
String
createDataSource
(name, types)
Create a data source from the data set with specified name and using specified types.
Parameters
{String} name - data source name
{Object} types - array of types as defined in JSColumn
Returns
String - String uri reference to the created data source.
Sample
ds.addColumn('my_id'); // note: use regular javascript identifiers so they can be used in scripting
ds.addColumn('my_label');
var uri = ds.createDataSource('mydata', [JSColumn.INTEGER, JSColumn.TEXT]);
var jsform = solutionModel.newForm(fname, uri, null, true, 300, 300);

var query = 'select customerid, address, city, country  from customers';
var ds2 = databaseManager.getDataSetByQuery('example_data', query, null, 999);
var uri2 = ds2.createDataSource('mydata2'); // types are inferred from query result

createDataSource
String
createDataSource
(name, types, pkNames)
Create a data source from the data set with specified name and using specified types, add .
Parameters
{String} name - data source name
{Object} types - array of types as defined in JSColumn, when null types are inferred from the query result
{String[]} pkNames - array of pk names, when null a hidden pk-column will be added
Returns
String - String uri reference to the created data source.
Sample
ds.addColumn('my_id'); // note: use regular javascript identifiers so they can be used in scripting
ds.addColumn('my_label');
var uri = ds.createDataSource('mydata', [JSColumn.INTEGER, JSColumn.TEXT], ['my_id']);
var jsform = solutionModel.newForm(fname, uri, null, true, 300, 300);

var query = 'select customerid, address, city, country  from customers';
var ds2 = databaseManager.getDataSetByQuery('example_data', query, null, 999);
var uri2 = ds2.createDataSource('mydata2', null, ['customerid']); // types are inferred from query result, use customerid as pk

getAsHTML
String
getAsHTML
()
Get the dataset as an html table, do not escape values or spaces, no multi_line_markup, do not add indentation, add column names.
Returns
String - String html.
Sample
//gets a dataset based on a query
//useful to limit the number of rows
var maxReturnedRows = 10;
var query = 'select c1,c2,c3 from test_table where start_date = ?';

//to access data by name, do not use '.' or special characters in names or aliases
var args = new Array();
args[0] = order_date //or new Date();
var dataset = databaseManager.getDataSetByQuery(databaseManager.getDataSourceServerName(controller.getDataSource()),query,args,maxReturnedRows);

// gets a dataset with escape values; escape spaces (lines will not wrap); no multi-line markup; with pretty indentation; shows column names
var htmlTable = dataset.getAsHTML(true, true, false, true, true);

//assigns the dataset to a field and sets the display type to HTML_AREA
//assuming the html_field is a global text variable
scopes.globals.html_field = '<html>'+dataset.getAsHTML()+'</html>';

//Note: To display an HTML_AREA field as an HTML page, add HTML tags at the beginning '<html>' and at the end '</html>'.

getAsHTML
String
getAsHTML
(escape_values)
Get the dataset as an html table, do not escape spaces, no multi_line_markup, do not add indentation, add column names.
Parameters
{Boolean} escape_values - if true, replaces illegal HTML characters with corresponding valid escape sequences.
Returns
String - String html.
Sample
//gets a dataset based on a query
//useful to limit the number of rows
var maxReturnedRows = 10;
var query = 'select c1,c2,c3 from test_table where start_date = ?';

//to access data by name, do not use '.' or special characters in names or aliases
var args = new Array();
args[0] = order_date //or new Date();
var dataset = databaseManager.getDataSetByQuery(databaseManager.getDataSourceServerName(controller.getDataSource()),query,args,maxReturnedRows);

// gets a dataset with escape values; escape spaces (lines will not wrap); no multi-line markup; with pretty indentation; shows column names
var htmlTable = dataset.getAsHTML(true, true, false, true, true);

//assigns the dataset to a field and sets the display type to HTML_AREA
//assuming the html_field is a global text variable
scopes.globals.html_field = '<html>'+dataset.getAsHTML()+'</html>';

//Note: To display an HTML_AREA field as an HTML page, add HTML tags at the beginning '<html>' and at the end '</html>'.

getAsHTML
String
getAsHTML
(escape_values, escape_spaces)
Get the dataset as an html table, no multi_line_markup, do not add indentation, add column names.
Parameters
{Boolean} escape_values - if true, replaces illegal HTML characters with corresponding valid escape sequences.
{Boolean} escape_spaces - if true, replaces text spaces with non-breaking space tags ( ) and tabs by four non-breaking space tags.
Returns
String - String html.
Sample
//gets a dataset based on a query
//useful to limit the number of rows
var maxReturnedRows = 10;
var query = 'select c1,c2,c3 from test_table where start_date = ?';

//to access data by name, do not use '.' or special characters in names or aliases
var args = new Array();
args[0] = order_date //or new Date();
var dataset = databaseManager.getDataSetByQuery(databaseManager.getDataSourceServerName(controller.getDataSource()),query,args,maxReturnedRows);

// gets a dataset with escape values; escape spaces (lines will not wrap); no multi-line markup; with pretty indentation; shows column names
var htmlTable = dataset.getAsHTML(true, true, false, true, true);

//assigns the dataset to a field and sets the display type to HTML_AREA
//assuming the html_field is a global text variable
scopes.globals.html_field = '<html>'+dataset.getAsHTML()+'</html>';

//Note: To display an HTML_AREA field as an HTML page, add HTML tags at the beginning '<html>' and at the end '</html>'.

getAsHTML
String
getAsHTML
(escape_values, escape_spaces, multi_line_markup)
Get the dataset as an html table, do not add indentation, add column names.
Parameters
{Boolean} escape_values - if true, replaces illegal HTML characters with corresponding valid escape sequences.
{Boolean} escape_spaces - if true, replaces text spaces with non-breaking space tags ( ) and tabs by four non-breaking space tags.
{Boolean} multi_line_markup - if true, multiLineMarkup will enforce new lines that are in the text; single new lines will be replaced by <br>, multiple new lines will be replaced by <p>
Returns
String - String html.
Sample
//gets a dataset based on a query
//useful to limit the number of rows
var maxReturnedRows = 10;
var query = 'select c1,c2,c3 from test_table where start_date = ?';

//to access data by name, do not use '.' or special characters in names or aliases
var args = new Array();
args[0] = order_date //or new Date();
var dataset = databaseManager.getDataSetByQuery(databaseManager.getDataSourceServerName(controller.getDataSource()),query,args,maxReturnedRows);

// gets a dataset with escape values; escape spaces (lines will not wrap); no multi-line markup; with pretty indentation; shows column names
var htmlTable = dataset.getAsHTML(true, true, false, true, true);

//assigns the dataset to a field and sets the display type to HTML_AREA
//assuming the html_field is a global text variable
scopes.globals.html_field = '<html>'+dataset.getAsHTML()+'</html>';

//Note: To display an HTML_AREA field as an HTML page, add HTML tags at the beginning '<html>' and at the end '</html>'.

getAsHTML
String
getAsHTML
(escape_values, escape_spaces, multi_line_markup, pretty_indent)
Get the dataset as an html table, add column names.
Parameters
{Boolean} escape_values - if true, replaces illegal HTML characters with corresponding valid escape sequences.
{Boolean} escape_spaces - if true, replaces text spaces with non-breaking space tags ( ) and tabs by four non-breaking space tags.
{Boolean} multi_line_markup - if true, multiLineMarkup will enforce new lines that are in the text; single new lines will be replaced by <br>, multiple new lines will be replaced by <p>
{Boolean} pretty_indent - if true, adds indentation for more readable HTML code.
Returns
String - String html.
Sample
//gets a dataset based on a query
//useful to limit the number of rows
var maxReturnedRows = 10;
var query = 'select c1,c2,c3 from test_table where start_date = ?';

//to access data by name, do not use '.' or special characters in names or aliases
var args = new Array();
args[0] = order_date //or new Date();
var dataset = databaseManager.getDataSetByQuery(databaseManager.getDataSourceServerName(controller.getDataSource()),query,args,maxReturnedRows);

// gets a dataset with escape values; escape spaces (lines will not wrap); no multi-line markup; with pretty indentation; shows column names
var htmlTable = dataset.getAsHTML(true, true, false, true, true);

//assigns the dataset to a field and sets the display type to HTML_AREA
//assuming the html_field is a global text variable
scopes.globals.html_field = '<html>'+dataset.getAsHTML()+'</html>';

//Note: To display an HTML_AREA field as an HTML page, add HTML tags at the beginning '<html>' and at the end '</html>'.

getAsHTML
String
getAsHTML
(escape_values, escape_spaces, multi_line_markup, pretty_indent, add_column_names)
Get the dataset as an html table.
Parameters
{Boolean} escape_values - if true, replaces illegal HTML characters with corresponding valid escape sequences.
{Boolean} escape_spaces - if true, replaces text spaces with non-breaking space tags ( ) and tabs by four non-breaking space tags.
{Boolean} multi_line_markup - if true, multiLineMarkup will enforce new lines that are in the text; single new lines will be replaced by <br>, multiple new lines will be replaced by <p>
{Boolean} pretty_indent - if true, adds indentation for more readable HTML code.
{Boolean} add_column_names - if false, column headers will not be added to the table.
Returns
String - String html.
Sample
//gets a dataset based on a query
//useful to limit the number of rows
var maxReturnedRows = 10;
var query = 'select c1,c2,c3 from test_table where start_date = ?';

//to access data by name, do not use '.' or special characters in names or aliases
var args = new Array();
args[0] = order_date //or new Date();
var dataset = databaseManager.getDataSetByQuery(databaseManager.getDataSourceServerName(controller.getDataSource()),query,args,maxReturnedRows);

// gets a dataset with escape values; escape spaces (lines will not wrap); no multi-line markup; with pretty indentation; shows column names
var htmlTable = dataset.getAsHTML(true, true, false, true, true);

//assigns the dataset to a field and sets the display type to HTML_AREA
//assuming the html_field is a global text variable
scopes.globals.html_field = '<html>'+dataset.getAsHTML()+'</html>';

//Note: To display an HTML_AREA field as an HTML page, add HTML tags at the beginning '<html>' and at the end '</html>'.

getAsText
String
getAsText
(column_separator, row_separator, value_delimiter, add_column_names)
Get the dataset as formatted text.
Parameters
{String} column_separator - any specified column separator; examples: tab '\t'; comma ','; semicolon ';'; space ' ' .
{String} row_separator - the specified row separator; examples: new line '\n'.
{String} value_delimiter - the specified value delimiter; example: double quote '"'.
{Boolean} add_column_names - if true column names will be added as a first row.
Returns
String - String formatted text.
Sample
//assuming the variable dataset contains a dataset
//you can create csv or tab delimited results
var csv = dataset.getAsText(',','\n','"',true)
var tab = dataset.getAsText('\t','\n','"',true)

getColumnAsArray
Object[]
getColumnAsArray
(index)
Get the column data of a dataset as an Array.
Parameters
{Number} index - index of column (1-based).
Returns
Object[] - Object array of data.
Sample
//assuming the variable dataset contains a dataset
var dataArray = dataset.getColumnAsArray(1); //puts the contents from the first column of the dataset into an array
//once you have it as an array you can loop through it or feed it to a custom valuelist for example

getColumnName
String
getColumnName
(index)
Get a column name based on index.
Parameters
{Number} index - index of column (1-based).
Returns
String - String column name.
Sample
//assuming the variable dataset contains a dataset
var firstColumName = dataset.getColumnName(1) //retrieves the first columnname into the variable firstColumName
//using a loop you can get all columnames in an array:
var query = 'select * from customers';
var dataset = databaseManager.getDataSetByQuery(databaseManager.getDataSourceServerName(controller.getDataSource()), query, null, 100);
var colArray = new Array()
for (var i = 1; i <= dataset.getMaxColumnIndex(); i++)
{
	colArray[i-1] = dataset.getColumnName(i)
	//note the -1, because an array is zero based and dataset is 1 based.
}

getColumnNames
String[]
getColumnNames
()
Get the column names of a dataset.
Returns
String[] - String[] column names
Sample
var query = 'select * from customers';
var dataset = databaseManager.getDataSetByQuery(databaseManager.getDataSourceServerName(controller.getDataSource()), query, null, 100);
var columnNames = dataset.getColumnNames();

getColumnType
Number
getColumnType
(index)
Get a column type based on index.
Since
6.1.4
Parameters
{Number} index - index of column (1-based).
Returns
Number - Number the column type (JSColumn constant)
Sample
//assuming the variable dataset contains a dataset
var firstColumnType = dataset.getColumnType(1) //retrieves the first column's type into the variable firstColumnType
if (firstColumnType == JSColumn.NUMBER) { }

getException
ServoyException
getException
()
Get the database exception if an error occurred.
Returns
ServoyException - ServoyException exception or null when not available.
Sample
//assuming the variable dataset contains a dataset
var dbException = dataset.getException();

getMaxColumnIndex
Number
getMaxColumnIndex
()
Get the number of columns in the dataset.
Returns
Number - int number of columns.
Sample
//assuming the variable dataset contains a dataset
for (var i = 1; i <= dataset.getMaxColumnIndex(); i++)
{
	colArray[i-1] = dataset.getColumnName(i)
	//have to subtract 1, because an array is zero based and a dataset is 1 based.
}

getMaxRowIndex
Number
getMaxRowIndex
()
Get the number of rows in the dataset.
Returns
Number - int number of rows.
Sample
//assuming the variable dataset contains a dataset
var totalRows = dataset.getMaxRowIndex();

getRowAsArray
Object[]
getRowAsArray
(index)
Get the row data of a dataset as an Array.
Parameters
{Number} index - index of row (1-based).
Returns
Object[] - Object array of data.
Sample
//assuming the variable dataset contains a dataset
var dataArray = dataset.getRowAsArray(1); //puts the contents from the first row of the dataset into an array
//once you have it as an array you can loop through it

getValue
Object
getValue
(row, col)
Get the value specified by row and column position from the dataset.
Parameters
{Number} row - row number, 1-based
{Number} col - column number, 1-based
Returns
Object - Object value
Sample
//assuming the variable dataset contains a dataset
var dataAtRow2Col1 = dataset.getValue(2, 1);

hadMoreData
Boolean
hadMoreData
()
Return true if there is more data in the resultset then specified by maxReturnedRows at query time.
Returns
Boolean - boolean more data available
Sample
var ds = databaseManager.getDataSetByQuery('example_data', 'select order_id from orders', null, 10000)
if (ds.hadMoreData())
{
	// handle large result
}

removeColumn
Boolean
removeColumn
(index)
Remove a column by index from the dataset.
Parameters
{Number} index - index of column to remove (1-based)
Returns
Boolean - true if succeeded, else false.
Sample
//assuming the variable dataset contains a dataset
var success = dataset.removeColumn(1); // removes first column

removeRow
void
removeRow
(row)
Remove a row from the dataset.
Parameters
{Number} row - row index to remove, -1 for all rows
Returns
void
Sample
//assuming the variable dataset contains a dataset
dataset.removeRow(1); //removes the first row
dataset.removeRow(-1); //removes all rows

setColumnName
void
setColumnName
(index, columnName)
Set a column name based on index.
Parameters
{Number} index - index of column (1-based).
{String} columnName - new column name.
Returns
void
Sample
var query = 'select customerid, customername from customers';
var dataset = databaseManager.getDataSetByQuery(databaseManager.getDataSourceServerName(controller.getDataSource()), query, null, -1);
dataset.setColumnName(2, 'name_of_customer') // change the column name for second column.

setValue
void
setValue
(row, col, obj)
Set the value specified by row and column position from the dataset.
Use row = -1, to set columnnames.
Parameters
{Number} row - row number, 1-based
{Number} col - column number, 1-based
{Object} obj - the value to be stored at the given row and column.
Returns
void
Sample
//assuming the variable dataset contains a dataset
dataset.getValue(2, 1,'data');

sort
void
sort
(col, sort_direction)
Sort the dataset on the given column (1-based) in ascending or descending.
Parameters
{Number} col - column number, 1-based
{Boolean} sort_direction - ascending (true) or descending (false)
Returns
void
Sample
// sort using column number
//assuming the variable dataset contains a dataset
dataset.sort(1, false)

sort
void
sort
(comparator)

Sort the dataset using the function as comparator.
The comparator function is called to compare two rows, that are passed as arguments, and
it will return -1/0/1 if the first row is less/equal/greater then the second row.

NOTE: starting with 7.2 release, when called on datasource(foundset) dataset, this function doesn't save the data anymore

Parameters
{Function} comparator - comparator function
Returns
void
Sample
//sort using comparator
dataset.sort(mySortFunction);

function mySortFunction(r1, r2)
{
	var o = 0;
	if(r1[0] < r2[0])
	{
		o = -1;
	}
	else if(r1[0] > r2[0])
	{
		o = 1;
	}
	return o;
}