hymanho wrote in message <29749@palm-dev-forum>...
>
>Hello
>
> I have a palm application need to access more than one database in
palm. Normally, I need to create the record structure for each database,
>
>but that will increase the program size and do not common. the more
database I access ,the more record structure I must create. so I wonder
whether I can get the fields value directly if I know the fields type and
length of the database, instead of create the record structure.
>
Well ... yes, you can. Try to find discussions about "editing in place"
which cover the API's that you would need to do reading & writing on
a per-field basis instead of a per-record basis.
That said, it is usually more convenient to just create the structs.
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