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px_put_record

PX_PUT_RECORD(3)					     Library Functions Manual						  PX_PUT_RECORD(3)

NAME

       PX_put_record -- Stores record in Paradox file

SYNOPSIS

       #include <paradox.h>

       int PX_put_record(pxdoc_t *pxdoc, char *data)

DESCRIPTION

       Stores  a  record  in the buffer data into a Paradox file.  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).

       The new record will be stored after the last one added.

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_recordn(3), PX_put_data_byte(3),  PX_put_data_short(3),  PX_put_data_long(3),  PX_put_data_dou-
       ble(3), PX_put_data_alpha(3)

AUTHOR

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

																  PX_PUT_RECORD(3)

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