> From: Avinash R S
>
> I have a basic question about Palm OS memory storage.I know it
> stores as records in Databases.Can we have records with fields of
> different Datatypes like any normal Database(Oracle)?
> I hope you have understood my question.For e.g.,
>
> I want have a record with empID,empName,empSal in one record
> and retrieve it individually according to their DataType.
>
On the Palm OS, databases are just collections of blobs of memory. You can
put any data you want (up to about 64KB) in a single record. So, if you
want to put empID, empName, empSal in one record, that is OK. You have to
read the record as a whole unit, then it is up to you to decide how to
decipher its contents. You might want to read the Database chapter of Neil
Rhodes "Palm Programming: The Developer's Guide", available online at
http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/docs/devguide/TableOfContents.htm . There
are also other books that cover this subject.
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