Test to see if campaign object exists without creating it? (Supposed to be in Scripting discussion)

NeverwinterWights

I might be overthinking this, but I can't seem to find a function to just check if a campaign object exists in a specified campaign database without actually creating the object. RetrieveCampaignObject(); seems to HAVE to create the object somewhere even if you don't actually want to create it yet. And there is no simple GetCampaignObject(); check.

Daz

There's no builtin function for it, but you can write one yourself if you know a bunch of sql:

int GetCampaignObjectExists(string sCampaignName, string sVarName, object oPlayer = OBJECT_INVALID)
{
    string sPlayerId = "";
    if (oPlayer != OBJECT_INVALID && GetIsPC(oPlayer)) sPlayerId = GetStringLeft(GetPCPlayerName(oPlayer), 16) + GetStringLeft(GetName(oPlayer), 16);
    sqlquery sql = SqlPrepareQueryCampaign(sCampaignName, "SELECT * FROM db WHERE varname = @varname AND vartype = @vartype" + (sPlayerId != "" ? " AND playerid = @playerid" : "") + ";");
    SqlBindString(sql, "@varname", sVarName);
    SqlBindInt(sql, "@vartype", 79);
    if (sPlayerId != "") SqlBindString(sql, "@playerid", sPlayerId);
    return SqlStep(sql);
}

NeverwinterWights

Thanks Daz. Unfortunately I hardly know any sql but I did manage to figure out those time functions you replied to me in another post. Hopefully I can figure this one out too.