To get table value without buffer

Some times in a code we are declaring variables even for non repeated code values. It is possible to get data from the database without declaring any table variables. Some of you might already be awared of this technique. It seems like this:

static void tableValueWithoutDecla(Args _args)
{
// No variables!
;

print (select ProjTable).projID;
pause;
}

Note the parentheses around the select statement. This tells the compiler to create a temporary, anonymous buffer to hold the record. The select statement uses the exact table name and is immediately followed by a field name to get a value from a field.

If you use this there’s no Intellisense to help you look up the field name because the editor doesn’t know the type of the anonymous buffer.

This technique is often used in exist() methods on tables.