BBjRecordSet::setCurrentRecordData

Description

In BBj 4.0 and higher, this method sets the BBjRecordData buffer for a BBjRecordSet.

Syntax

Return Value	Method
void	setCurrentRecordData(BBjRecordData recordData)

Parameters

Variable	Description
recordData	Specifies a BBjRecordData object.

Return Value

None.

Remarks

This method updates an in-memory record buffer. To write the record to disk, use BBjRecordSet::update to update an existing record or BBjRecordSet::insert to create a new record.

Example

rem ' Update the current RecordData for a RecordSet

rem ' First, create a data file
FILENAME$="BBjRecordSet.dat"
MODES$=""
TEMPLATE$="STATE:C(2),NAME:C(16* = )"
erase FILENAME$,err=*next
mkeyed FILENAME$,[0:1:2],0,32
channel = unt
open (channel)FILENAME$
dim REC$:TEMPLATE$

rem ' Load the file with state codes and names
while 1
    dread rec.state$,rec.name$,END=*break
    write record (channel)rec$
wend
close (channel)

rem ' Create a file-based BBjRecordSet
RecordSet! = BBJAPI().createFileRecordSet(FILENAME$,MODES$,TEMPLATE$)

rem ' Go to the first record
RecordSet!.first()

rem ' Retrieve the RecordData for the current record
RecordData! = RecordSet!.getCurrentRecordData()

rem ' Print the RecordData
print "Original RecordData is:",'LF',RecordData!,

rem ' Change the state name
RecordData!.setFieldValue("name","ALASKA")

rem ' Copy the modified RecordData back to the RecordSet
RecordSet!.setCurrentRecordData(RecordData!)

rem ' Print the RecordData
print "Modified RecordData is:",'LF',RecordData!,

rem ' Write the changes out to disk
RecordSet!.update(RecordData!)
print "Wrote the new RecordData to disk."
stop
DATA "AK","Alaska"
DATA "AL","Alabama"
DATA "AR","Arkansas"
DATA "AZ","Arizona"
DATA "CA","California"
DATA "CO","Colorado"
DATA "CT","Connecticut"
DATA "DC","District of Columbia"
DATA "DE","Delaware"
DATA "FL","Florida"
DATA "GA","Georgia"
DATA "GU","Guam"
DATA "HI","Hawaii"
DATA "IA","Iowa"
DATA "ID","Idaho"
DATA "IL","Illinois"
DATA "IN","Indiana"
DATA "KS","Kansas"
DATA "KY","Kentucky"
DATA "LA","Louisiana"
DATA "MA","Massachusetts"
DATA "MD","Maryland"
DATA "ME","Maine"
DATA "MI","Michigan"
DATA "MN","Minnesota"
DATA "MO","Missouri"
DATA "MS","Mississippi"
DATA "MT","Montana"
DATA "NC","North Carolina"
DATA "ND","North Dakota"
DATA "NE","Nebraska"
DATA "NH","New Hampshire"
DATA "NJ","New Jersey"
DATA "NM","New Mexico"
DATA "NV","Nevada"
DATA "NY","New York"
DATA "OH","Ohio"
DATA "OK","Oklahoma"
DATA "OR","Oregon"
DATA "PA","Pennsylvania"
DATA "PR","Puerto Rico"
DATA "RI","Rhode Island"
DATA "SC","South Carolina"
DATA "SD","South Dakota"
DATA "TN","Tennessee"
DATA "TX","Texas"
DATA "UT","Utah"
DATA "VA","Virginia"
DATA "VI","Virgin Islands"
DATA "VT","Vermont"
DATA "WA","Washington"
DATA "WI","Wisconsin"
DATA "WV","West Virginia"
DATA "WY","Wyoming"