that only i meant in my qn itself. anyhow thanks for ur efforts. Guru
>From: Joe Programmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: Wild card search with database names!! >Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 08:50:01 -0800 (PST) > >--- "Gururajan Raghavendran" wrote: > > I want to search for the names of databases > > using wild card search. ie. When i give 'db*', > > i have to get the dbID of the corresponding > > databases whose name has the first two letters > > as 'db'. I didnt find any direct API for this. > >I believe that is because there is no single API >function to do this. You can't expect a tiny OS to do >everything for you. > > > I hope we can search each and every database > > with the matching number of characters for our > > search. > >You can search for all databases with >DmGetNextDatabaseByTypeCreator(). The docs include >sample code to search for databases. Just use NULL >for the type and creator to look for every db. >DmGetNextDatabaseByTypeCreator() will return the card >number and local ID of any database it finds. Then >you can use that info to get the database name with >DmDatabaseInfo(). Then just check for a matching >name. > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Yahoo! Shopping. >http://shopping.yahoo.com > >-- >For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, >please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/ _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
