procedure TForm1.AddFieldTest;
var
DataFN : String;
TempMemTable : TFDMemTable;
begin
// Added, to avoid relative path for data file name
DataFN := ExtractFilePath(Application.ExeName) + 'Data.Xml';
FDMemTable1.FieldDefs.Add('ID', ftInteger, 0, false);
FDMemTable1.FieldDefs.Add('name', ftString, 30, false);
FDMemTable1.FieldDefs.Add('QualityID', ftInteger, 0, false);
FDMemTable1.CreateDataSet;
// i fill the the table with some value
FDMemTable1.Open;
FDMemTable1.AppendRecord([1, 'Movie1', 1]);
FDMemTable1.AppendRecord([2, 'Movie2', 2]);
FDMemTable1.AppendRecord([3, 'Movie3', 1]);
// after seeing the value on the grid, i push a button and save the table as XML
FDMemTable1.saveToFile(DataFN);
// Added, close the dataset and clear the FieldDefs
// Without the FieldDefs.Clear call, your code produces a "Duplicate field ID" error
FDMemTable1.Close;
FDMemTable1.FieldDefs.Clear;
// now after closing the program and running it again, i want to load the data with a new FieldDef Called Episode with a default value 0
// the table is connected to cxGrid, and the moment i try to load, i get the error i mentioned.
FDMemTable1.FieldDefs.Add('ID', ftInteger, 0, false);
FDMemTable1.FieldDefs.Add('name', ftString, 30, false);
// this line is NEW
FDMemTable1.FieldDefs.Add('Episode', ftInteger, 0, false);
FDMemTable1.FieldDefs.Add('QualityID', ftInteger, 0, false);
FDMemTable1.CreateDataSet;
// check the FieldCount and existence of the Episode field
Caption := IntToStr(FDMemTable1.FieldCount);
Assert(FDMemTable1.FindField('Episode') <> Nil);
// Create a temporary TFDMemTable
TempMemTable := TFDMemTable.Create(Nil);
try
// load the data into the temporary TFDMemTable
TempMemTable.loadFromFile(DataFN);
// copy the data from the temporary TFDMemTable into FDMemTable1
FDMemTable1.CopyDataSet(TempMemTable, [coAppend]);
// check the FieldCount and existence of the Episode field
Caption := IntToStr(FDMemTable1.FieldCount);
Assert(FDMemTable1.FindField('Episode') <> Nil);
finally
TempMemTable.Free;
end;
end;