dbSkipper()
Helper function to skip a database
- Syntax
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- dbSkipper( <nRecs> ) --> nSkipped
- Arguments
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- <nRecs> is the number of records to skip relative to current record. Positive number would try to move the record pointer forward, while a negative number would try to move the record pointer back <nRecs> records.
- Returns
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- dbSkipper() return the number of actual record skipped.
- Description
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- dbSkipper() is a helper function used in browse mechanism to skip a number of records while giving the caller indication about the actual records skipped.
Examples
// open a file and find if we've got enough records in it
USE MonthSales
IF dbSkipper( 100 ) == 100
? "Good work! You can party now"
ELSE
? "Too bad, you should really work harder"
ENDIF
CLOSE
- Status
- Ready
- Compliance
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- dbSkipper() is an XBase++ compatibility function and does not exist as a standard CA-Clipper 5.x function.
- This function is only visible if source/rtl/browdb.prg was compiled with the HB_COMPAT_XPP flag.
- Files
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- Library is rtl
- See Also