{
 This is an InMemoryTable example. Free for anyone to use, modify and do
 whatever else you wish.
 Just like all things free it comes with no guarantees.
 I cannot be responsible for any damage this code may cause.
 Let me repeat this:
  WARNING! THIS CODE IS PROVIDED AS IS WITH NO GUARANTEES OF ANY KIND!
  USE THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK - YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR
  ANY DAMAGE THIS CODE MAY CAUSE - YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
 THANKS to Steve Garland <72700.2407@compuserve.com> for his help.
 He created his own variation of an in-memory table component and
 I used it to get started.
 InMemory tables are a feature of the Borland Database Engine (BDE).
 InMemory tables are created in RAM and deleted when you close them.
 They are much faster and are very useful when you need fast operations on
 small tables. This example uses the DbiCreateInMemoryTable DBE function call.
 This object should work just like a regular table, except InMemory
 tables do not support certain features (like referntial integrity,
 secondary indexes and BLOBs) and currently this code doesn't do anything to
 prevent you from trying to use them. You will probably get some error if
 you try to create a memo field.
}
unit Inmem;
interface
uses DBTables, WinTypes, WinProcs, DBITypes, DBIProcs, DB, SysUtils;
type
 TInMemoryTable = class(TTable)
 private
  hCursor: hDBICur;
  procedure EncodeFieldDesc(var FieldDesc: FLDDesc;
  const Name: string; DataType: TFieldType; Size: Word);
  function CreateHandle: HDBICur; override;
 public
  procedure CreateTable;
 end;
implementation
{
 Luckely this function is virtual - so I could override it. In the
 original VCL code for TTable this function actually opens the table -
 but since we already have the handle to the table - we just return it
}
function TInMemoryTable.CreateHandle;
begin
 Result := hCursor;
end;
{
 This function is cut-and-pasted from the VCL source code. I had to do
 this because it is declared private in the TTable component so I had no
 access to it from here.
}
procedure TInMemoryTable.EncodeFieldDesc(var FieldDesc: FLDDesc;
 const Name: string; DataType: TFieldType; Size: Word);
const
 TypeMap: array[TFieldType] of Byte = (fldUNKNOWN, fldZSTRING, fldINT16,
  fldINT32, fldUINT16, fldBOOL,
  fldFLOAT, fldFLOAT, fldBCD, fldDATE, fldTIME, fldTIMESTAMP, fldBYTES,
  fldVARBYTES, fldBLOB, fldBLOB, fldBLOB);
begin
 with FieldDesc do
 begin
  AnsiToNative(Locale, Name, szName, SizeOf(szName) - 1);
  iFldType := TypeMap[DataType];
  case DataType of
  ftString, ftBytes, ftVarBytes, ftBlob, ftMemo, ftGraphic:
  iUnits1 := Size;
  ftBCD:
  begin
  iUnits1 := 32;
  iUnits2 := Size;
  end;
  end;
  case DataType of
  ftCurrency:
  iSubType := fldstMONEY;
  ftBlob:
  iSubType := fldstBINARY;
  ftMemo:
  iSubType := fldstMEMO;
  ftGraphic:
  iSubType := fldstGRAPHIC;
  end;
 end;
end;
{
 This is where all the fun happens. I copied this function from the VCL
 source and then changed it to use DbiCreateInMemoryTable instead of
 DbiCreateTable.
 Since InMemory tables do not support Indexes - I took all of the
 index-related things out
}
procedure TInMemoryTable.CreateTable;
var
 I: Integer;
 pFieldDesc: pFLDDesc;
 szTblName: DBITBLNAME;
 iFields: Word;
 Dogs: pfldDesc;
begin
 CheckInactive;
 if FieldDefs.Count = 0 then
  for I := 0 to FieldCount - 1 do
  with Fields[I] do
  if not Calculated then
  FieldDefs.Add(FieldName, DataType, Size, Required);
 pFieldDesc := nil;
 SetDBFlag(dbfTable, True);
 try
  AnsiToNative(Locale, TableName, szTblName, SizeOf(szTblName) - 1);
  iFields := FieldDefs.Count;
  pFieldDesc := AllocMem(iFields * SizeOf(FLDDesc));
  for I := 0 to FieldDefs.Count - 1 do
  with FieldDefs[I] do
  begin
  EncodeFieldDesc(PFieldDescList(pFieldDesc)^[I], Name,
  DataType, Size);
  end;
  { the driver type is nil = logical fields }
  Check(DbiTranslateRecordStructure(nil, iFields, pFieldDesc,
  nil, nil, pFieldDesc));
  { here we go - this is where hCursor gets its value }
  Check(DbiCreateInMemTable(DBHandle, szTblName, iFields, pFieldDesc, hCursor));
 finally
  if pFieldDesc <> nil then FreeMem(pFieldDesc, iFields * SizeOf(FLDDesc));
  SetDBFlag(dbfTable, False);
 end;
end;
end.