AddRecord

Add a new fixed-length data record and corresponding key values to ISAM files.

Short Name

ADDREC()

Type

ISAM function fixed-length record

Declaration

COUNT AddRecord(FILNO datno, pVOID recptr)

Description

In V12 the file number typedef was formally changed from COUNT, a two-byte value to FILNO, a four-byte value. Refer to this link for compatibility details. Four Byte File Numbering TypeDef Change

AddRecord(), short name ADDREC(), adds the fixed-length data record pointed to by recptr to data file number datno. It automatically adds the key values defined for the data file to their respective index files. If successful, the new data record becomes the current ISAM record for data file datno.

In multi-user applications, AddRecord() automatically causes a data record lock to be placed on the new record. Therefore, LockISAM(ctENABLE) and LockISAM(ctFREE) should be called before and after AddRecord(). However, with transaction processing locks are enabled and freed using Begin() and Commit(). LockCtData(ctFREE) can also be used if the record offset is known, to provide individual record lock control. Optionally, the SetOperationState() status_word OPS_UNLOCK_ADD automatically unlocks after each AddRecord().

As of c-tree V8.14, c-tree sets the current ISAM position after a record is added such that the next or previous record can be read without having to re-read the record just added. Prior to V8.14, the current ISAM position was not set to a newly-added record and an INOT_ERR (101) error would result if you tried to read either the next of previous record.

Return

Value Symbolic Constant Explanation
0 NO_ERROR Successful addition of a new data record.
2 KDUP_ERR Duplicate key value found in index file number isam_fil. Data record not added and no key values inserted.
31 DELFLG_ERR Attempt to re-use data record whose first byte is not set to ff (hex). Either the data file is corrupted,, in which case you should rebuild the ISAM files,, or the C255 constant defined in ctcmpl.h is not set properly.
33 DNUL_ERR recptr is null. No action taken.
37 WRITE_ERR Most likely disk or directory is full. Files are left in an indeterminate state and should be rebuilt.
48 FMOD_ERR datno is assigned to a variable record length file.
199 NSCH_ERR Key segment refers to schema, but schema not defined.
433 SSCH_ERR Segment definition inconsistent with schema.
445 SDAT_ERR Not enough data to assembly key.
446 BMOD_ERR Invalid key mode.

See FairCom DB Error Codes for a complete listing of valid FairCom DB error values.

Example

FILNO invfil
struct invd {
   TEXT     delflg;
   LONG     part_no;
   TEXT     part_name[60];
   LONG     on_hand;
} recbuf;

scanf("%ld %59s %ld",&recbuf.part_no,recbuf.part_name, &recbuf.on_hand);
recbuf.delflg = '\0'; /* clear delete flag */
if (LockISAM(ctENABLE) || AddRecord(invfil,&recbuf) ||
      LockISAM(ctFREE))
    printf("\nAddRecord error %d in file %d",
         isam_err,isam_fil);

ADDREC DELFLG_ERR (31)

In extremely rare situations, it was possible for the delete stack to become corrupted on a data file after it went through automatic recovery. In these obscure scenarios, ADDREC could return a DELFLG_ERR error (31) following recovery. ADDREC and NEWREC failed with error 31 until the table was rebuilt. Instead of returning DELFLG_ERR, c-tree now discards its list of deleted records and retries the operation. This should prevent the error and allow the call to proceed normally. The following is logged to CTSTATUS:

WARNING: an invalid delete stack has been reset to zero for fixed length data file

This message indicates that all the space occupied by deleted records in that file at that point in time is lost and will not be re-used until the file is rebuilt or compacted.

Note: This is a Compatibility Change.

See also

ISAM Functions discusses how the relationship among the data files and their corresponding index files is specified. Begin, Commit, LockCtData, LockISAM, SetOperationState