10-26-2005
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I thought I had this figured out, but I'm running into another scenario that I need help with. Do you know how I can fix this if I have no data in a field, <<tab>><<tab>>? What is happening is that it's just going to the next field where there is data and using that, but I need it to use the empty field. Not sure if I explained that well, so here's an example -
Input file - (first field left justified NULL padded (10bytes), second field left justified NULL padded (1 byte), and third field left justified NULL padded (10bytes))
Bob Smith<<tab>><<tab>>Susan Smit
Kathy Reys<<tab>>A<<tab>>Ron Davis
Output file currently getting -
Bob Smith<<NULL>>Susan Smit
Kathy ReysARon Davis<<NULL>>
Needed output -
Bob Smith<<NULL>><<NULL>>Susan Smit
Kathy ReysARonDavis<<NULL>>
Hopefully that makes sense, if not I can try to explain more.
Thanks.
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px_get_data_byte
PX_GET_DATA_BYTE(3) Library Functions Manual PX_GET_DATA_BYTE(3)
NAME
PX_get_data_byte -- Get value from byte data field
SYNOPSIS
#include <paradox.h>
int PX_get_data_byte(pxdoc_t *pxdoc, char *data, int len, char *value)
DESCRIPTION
Converts a data field consisting of a single byte into a byte for the host architecture. You should use this function instead of accessing
the data directly.
data points to the start of the data field in the record. It must be calculated by summing up all field length before the field to operate
on and add it to the base pointer of the record.
Note:
This function is deprecated and obsolete if PX_retrieve_record(3) is used.
RETURN VALUE
Returns 0 if the value is NULL, -1 in case of an error and 1 otherwise.
SEE ALSO
PX_get_data_short(3), PX_get_data_long(3), PX_get_data_double(3), PX_get_data_alpha(3)
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Uwe Steinmann uwe@steinmann.cx.
PX_GET_DATA_BYTE(3)