dbaddtype - Add a datatype

SYNOPSIS

int dbaddtype(name, type, size)
char *name;
int type;
int size;

DESCRIPTION
Parameters

name

the new name for the type. It should not start with the string "var", as that is reserved for declaring the variable size form of the datatype.

type

an integer which is used to refer to the type in functions etc. For a user added type this number should be between 32 and 63 inclusive. This number should be unique.

size

the size of one element of the datatype. When one item of this type is written to the database, at least size bytes will be transferred.

The function will return 0 if successful, and -1 if there is no room for more datatypes, or if a type with a different name already exists with the same type number.

EXAMPLE

typedef struct tagTIMESTAMP
{
   short           year;
   unsigned short  month;
   unsigned short  day;
   unsigned short  hour;
   unsigned short  minute;
   unsigned short  second;
   unsigned long   fraction;
} TIMESTAMP;

dbaddtype("timestamp", 32, sizeof(TIMESTAMP);