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| − | char *ndx; /* .NDX file descriptor | + | char *ndx; /* .NDX file descriptor */ |
char key; /* Address of a buffer containing the key */ | char key; /* Address of a buffer containing the key */ | ||
| − | long recno; /* Record number | + | long recno; /* Record number */ |
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char *ndx; /* .NDX file descriptor */ | char *ndx; /* .NDX file descriptor */ | ||
| − | int rc; /* Return code | + | int rc; /* Return code */ |
rc=dbakey(ndx,"John Smith 5". (long)5); | rc=dbakey(ndx,"John Smith 5". (long)5); | ||
Revision as of 15:05, 3 April 2009
PURPOSE
add key
SYNOPSIS
#include<dbl.h> int dbakey(ndx, key, recno) <input parameters> char *ndx; /* .NDX file descriptor */ char key; /* Address of a buffer containing the key */ long recno; /* Record number */ <output parameters> none
RETURN VALUE
The dbakey() function returns 0 for success, or<0 if an error occurs. See the section on return code values for a detailed list of return codes.
DESCRIPTION
This function adds a key with its associated record number to the specified .NDX file which contains keys in a B-tree structure.
EXAMPLE
The following example adds a character key "John Smith 5" and its associated record number 5 to the index file whose descriptor is in "char *ndx".
#include "dbl.h" char *ndx; /* .NDX file descriptor */ int rc; /* Return code */ rc=dbakey(ndx,"John Smith 5". (long)5); if (rc = = SUCCESS) printf("key added \n"); else { printf("error number %d \n", rc); exit (1); }
SEE ALSO
dbatokey(), dbicreat(), dbiflsh(), dbrmvkey(), dbtkey(), dbupdr()
