Question

I have the following code wich is raising an EConvertError – “can not assign TAdoConnection to TAdoConnection”

var
  wTmpADOConn       : TADOConnection;
begin
  //
  Result := nil;
  try
    Result := TADOConnection.Create(nil);
    wTmpADOConn := afunc(aNameConn);//aFunc-Function which returns a pointer to a  TADOConnection object, aNameConn - string- the name of connection
    if wTmpADOConn <> nil then
    begin
      Result.Assign(wTmpADOConn);//here the error is raising

I can not understand what I’m doing wrong. I’ve tried to cast to TAdoConnection or TPersistent the variable wTmpADOConn, but without success.

I know that for copying an object it can be used the Assign procedure.

Code is written in Delphi 7.

LE: thank you all, the problem is that the object is a shared object, is a reference to another ADOConnection. And I want my own object so i can free it, without freeing the reference. The logic is complex, and I need some mechanism to create an object from that reference.

Answer 1

based on the answers (especially jachguate), I resolved it by assigning the connection string. code bellow

  Result.ConnectionString:=wTmpADOConn.ConnectionString;
  Result.LoginPrompt:=wTmpADOConn.LoginPrompt;
  Result.Name:=wTmpADOConn.Name;

+1 for all the answers. Thank you

best regards,