PX_GET_DATA_ALPHA(3)

✨ PX_GET_DATA_ALPHA(3) ✨

okay bestie, gather round, it's giving Library Functions Manual and we're about to decode some alpha data 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

PX_get_data_alpha — get that alpha data field, bestie 💖

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <paradox.h>

int PX_get_data_alpha(pxdoc_t *pxdoc, char *data, int len, char **value)

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So what this cutie does is take a data field exactly the way it's chillin' inside the database file and turn it into a string for whatever encoding you asked for. ✨ Heads up tho: you gotta set the target encoding first, otherwise the recode just doesn't happen. If you don't set the encoding, the data comes back as-is, no glow-up, no nothing. 🙈 And fr fr, use this function instead of poking at the data directly — it's the moment, trust.

data points to the start of the data field inside the record. And the way you figure out where that is? You sum up all the field lengths that come before the field you're operating on, then add that to the base pointer of the record. Math girlies rise 👑

The function allocates memory for the string it hands back in *value. And bestie, that memory is yours to free — the application has to do it. No leaks, we don't do that here. 🫶

Note: This function is deprecated and obsolete if PX_retrieve_record(3) is used. It's giving legacy energy, iykyk. 💀

🌈 RETURN VALUE 🌈

• 0 — if the field data starts with a null byte
• -1 — if something went wrong (error era 😭)
• 1 — otherwise, we ate 🔥

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• PX_get_data_byte(3)
• PX_get_data_long(3)
• PX_get_data_short(3)
• PX_get_data_double(3)
• PX_get_data_bcd(3)
• PX_get_data_blob(3)

👑 AUTHOR 👑

This manual page was written by Uwe Steinmann <uwe@steinmann.cx>. Iconic behavior, we love to see it. 💜

and that's the whole vibe, bestie — this page came to you straight from the Library Functions Manual, filed under PX_GET_DATA_ALPHA(3). slay, go free that memory, and stay encoded ✨🧚💖