I must not have explained it well. The Databse record in the PDB DOES contain the character strings. The struct that I am using to access the DB record is the one with the pointers in it.
Kade On 4/2/02 9:51 AM, "Robert McKenzie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kade: > > You have a basic C misconception here. > > A DB record should (can only) contain that actual strings themselves, NOT > pointers to them. > > -bob mckenzie, palmsource pdx. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kade P. Cole [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 7:35 AM > To: Palm Developer Forum > Subject: Palm PDB Database Help > > > > I am trying to write my first Palm application. I am having some trouble > with reading values from a PDB file I created from a database. I have 7 > Fields and they are all character strings in the database. Every time I try > and read one I get a bad memory reference error. I am getting the memory > address of the record into a MemHandle variable. Then I am setting the > memory reference = my struct for a database entry. My struct looks like > this: > > typedef struct MLSDB > { > Char* date; /* Date of Game/Event */ > Char* away; /* Away team name, 51 characters allowed */ > Char* home; /* Home team name, 51 characters allowed */ > Char* time; /* Time of Game/Event */ > Char* TV; /* TV Station of Game, 51 characters allowed */ > Char* results; /* Results of Game, 51 characters allowed */ > Char* attendence; /* Attendence of Game, 51 characters allowed */ > } MLSDB; > > > The problem is that I can not figure out how to compute the StrLen or length > of the character strings in the database so I can initialize the struct > members to the correct sizes. Can anyone out there help me with this? Thanks > for your time. Please let me know if I need to post more info. > > Thanks, > > Kade P. Cole > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
