Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
ADM Reference

colValues

Returns a CHR(1)-delimited list of values for the requested columns (in pcViewColList) of the current row of the RowObject. The first value is the RowObject ROWID and RowIdent (the RowIDs of the database records from which the RowObject row is derived) separated with a comma. Subsequent values are formatted according to each column’s FORMAT expression.

Location: dataextcols.p.

Parameters:

INPUT pcViewColList AS CHARACTER

A comma-delimited list of RowObject column names.

Returns: CHARACTER

Notes: The form of the first value is: <RowObject ROWID>,<DB Buffer1 ROWID>,<DB Buffer2 ROWID>. This is used as a key to uniquely identify the row and its origins in the database.