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Last modified: 12 September 1995
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NAME

dballoc - allocate a database

SYNOPSIS

#include <firstbase/fb.h>

fb_database *fb_dballoc()

DESCRIPTION

As explained in the database(4) manual page, a database structure contains all of the elements needed for an entire database, including an array of field structures, all file names and descriptors, and index information.

Fb_dballoc is used to allocate a complete database structure in memory. A pointer to the newly created database structure is returned. The contents of the structure is initialized. Use fb_dbargs(3) to load sets of database and/or index names into the structure.

SEE ALSO

database(4), dbargs(3).


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Last modified: 12 September 1995
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