Hi Adrian.
Sorry, but it looks like you are doing something wrong by keeping a local ID
for a data base that might not exist.
For a RAM-based DB, its ID is used as a handle to retrieve DB info.
After the DB has gone, the handle content is unpredictable
As better DB identification I can suggest
DataBaseName (that is 32 bytes long, but you want smth stable, don't
you)
CreatorID+Type (8 bytes only and no possible DB name clash!)
Michael
-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Pfisterer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, 11 January 2002 13:01
To: Palm Developer Forum
Subject: checking for existence of a database
Seems like this should be easier. I need to check for the
existence of a database (prc or pdb) and all I have is the
local id (dbid).
One would think that calling one of the
Dm*** calls that takes the local id as the parameter would
be the way to go, just check the return code or, if 0, check
DmGetLastError(). But when I pass in the local id for
a database that has been deleted (that's what I'm trying to
check for, whether or not it has been deleted) I get a
fatal error in the call itself (MemoryMgr.c; free handle).
This happens in DmDatabaseInfo, DmOpenDatabase, and
DmDatabaseSize.
How can I check for the existence of a database with just
the local id?
thx...Adrian.
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