Do you have a file on the device which has the same name, but with a different creator id or type? If you do, you will not be able to create the database file. In other words, you cannot have two files with the same name with different creator ids on the same device.
Bill MacAdam Visual Solutions -----Original Message----- From: Michel.P [mailto:michelpetrovic@;yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 3:08 PM To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: DmGetLastErr() inside function? Hello everyone, I have an odd (at least to me) problem with the database manager: even though DmOpenDatabaseByTypeCreator() returns 0 (which is correct because the DB doesn't exist), DmGetLastErr() returns 0 within the function. The code below never gets to the part where the DB is created, because 'err' never evaluates to anything else but 0. When I check the value of 'err' within the function, 'err' is always 0, but when the function returns 'err', it evaluates to 'dmErrCantFind' (by checking the value from the calling function). I can substitute if(err == dmErrCantFind) with if(err) and it still does the same. And if I "force" the code by creating the DB even though err == 0, I still get an error. I'm guessing I'm missing something trivial here. Any help would be much appreciated. Regards Michel.P static Err SecondFormInit() { Err err; DmOpenRef ref = NULL; ref = DmOpenDatabaseByTypeCreator(DM_TYPE, DM_CREATOR, dmModeReadWrite); if(!ref) { err = DmGetLastErr(); if(err == dmErrCantFind) err = DmCreateDatabase(0, DM_NAME, DM_CREATOR, DM_TYPE, false); if(err) return err; ref = DmOpenDatabaseByTypeCreator(DM_TYPE, DM_CREATOR, dmModeReadWrite); if(!ref) err = DmGetLastErr(); } db = ref; return err; } __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
