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dce_attr_sch_scan(3dce)

Reads a specified number of schema entries

Synopsis

#include <dce/dce_attr_base.h>

void dce_attr_sch_scan(

dce_attr_sch_handle_t h,

dce_attr_cursor_t *cursor,

unsigned32 num_to_read,

unsigned32 *num_read,

dce_attr_schema_entry_t schema_entries[],

error_status_t *status);

Parameters

Input

h
An opaque handle bound to a schema object. Use dce_attr_sch_bind( ) to acquire the handle.

num_to_read
An unsigned 32-bit integer specifying the size of the schema_entries[] array and the maximum number of entries to be returned.

Input/Output

cursor
A pointer to a dce_attr_cursor_t. As input cursor must be allocated and can be initialized. If cursor is not initialized, dce_attr_sch_scan will initialize it. As output, cursor is positioned at the first schema entry after the returned entries.

Output

num_read
A pointer to an unsigned 32-bit integer specifying the number of entries returned in schema_entries[].

schema_entries[]
A dce_attr_schema_entry_t that contains an array of the returned schema entries.

status
A pointer to the completion status. On successful completion, the routine returns error_status_ok. Otherwise, it returns an error.

Description
The dce_attr_sch_scan( ) routine reads schema entries. The read begins at the entry at which the input cursor is positioned and ends after the number of entries specified in num_to_read.

The input cursor must have been allocated by either the dce_attr_sch_cursor_init( ) or the dce_attr_sch_cursor_alloc( ) call. If the input cursor is not initialized, dce_attr_sch_scan( ) initializes it; if cursor is initialized, dce_attr_sch_scan( ) simply advances it.

To read all entries in a schema, make successive dce_attr_sch_scan( ) calls. When all entries have been read, the call returns the message no_more_entries.

This routine is useful as a browser.

Permissions Required
The dce_attr_sch_scan( ) routine requires appropriate permissions on the schema object. These permissions are managed by the target server.

Files

/usr/include/dce/dce_attr_base.idl
The idl file from which dce/dce_attr_base.h was derived.

Errors

The following describes a partial list of errors that might be returned. Refer to the OSF DCE Problem Determination Guide for complete descriptions of all error messages.

dce_attr_s_bad_binding

dce_attr_s_bad_cursor

error_status_ok

Related Information
Functions: dce_attr_intro(3dce)

dce_attr_sch_cursor_init(3dce)

dce_attr_sch_cursor_alloc(3dce)

dce_attr_sch_cursor_release(3dce)