NAME

       PX_put_recordn — Stores record in Paradox file at certain position

SYNOPSIS

       #include <paradox.h>

       int PX_put_recordn(pxdoc_t *pxdoc, char *data, int recpos)

DESCRIPTION

       Stores  a record in the buffer data into a Paradox file at the given position recpos.  The
       first position has number 0. The function will determine the data block for  this  record.
       If  the  position  is  after the last data block, then as many as needed empty data blocks
       will be added.  If the position is in the middle of a data block and there  is  no  record
       right  before  the  position,  then the position will be recalculated to make sure the new
       record will be stored in the first free slot of the datablock. For example, if a datablock
       contains  H  records  and  the  first  call  of  PX_put_recordn wants to store a record at
       position 11, then this will be corrected to position H. PX_put_recordn will  also  add  an
       empty  data  block  and  store  the  record  as the first record of the second data block.
       Storing a second record at position 11  again,  will  be  executed  without  any  position
       change.

       data  must  be  constructed  with  PX_put_data_xxx(3)  functions before. It is of the same
       structure as the record returned by PX_get_record(3) and PX_get_record2(3).

RETURN VALUE

       Returns the record position on success and -1 on failure. The first position has number 0.

SEE ALSO

       PX_get_record(3),      PX_get_record2(3),      PX_put_record(3),      PX_put_data_byte(3),
       PX_put_data_short(3), PX_put_data_long(3), PX_put_data_double(3), PX_put_data_alpha(3)

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Uwe Steinmann uwe@steinmann.cx.

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