ORDCONDSET() Set the condition and scope for an order ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Syntax ORDCONDSET([<cForCondition>], [<bForCondition>], [<lAll>], [<bWhileCondition>], [<bEval>], [<nInterval>], [<nStart>], [<nNext>], [<nRecord>], [<lRest>], [<lDescend>], [<lAdditive>], [<lCurrent>], [<lCustom>], [<lNoOptimize>]) --> lSuccess Arguments <cForCondition> is a string that specifies the FOR condition for the order. This string is returned by DBORDERINFO(DBOI_CONDITION, [<cIndexFile>], <cOrder>). If you do not need this information, you can specify a null string (""). <bForCondition> is a code block that defines a FOR condition that each record within the scope must meet in order to be processed. If a record does not meet the specified condition, it is ignored and the next record is processed. Duplicate key values are not added to the index file when a FOR condition is used. The default is NIL. This condition (not <cForCondition>) is the one that is actually used to create the order. Unlike the WHILE condition and other scoping information, the FOR condition is stored as part of the index file and is used when updating or rebuilding the order with DBREINDEX(). Any limitations on the FOR condition are determined by the RDD (see the "Replaceable Database Driver Architecture" chapter in the Drivers Guide for information about RDD limitations). <lAll> is specified as true (.T.) to define a scope of all records. Use false (.F.) if you want to indicate other record scoping conditions (i.e., <nNext>, <nRecord>, or <lRest>). The default is false (.F.). <bWhileCondition> is a code block that defines a condition that each record must meet in order to be processed. If no scope is specified, using a <bWhileCondition> changes the default scope to <lRest>. As soon as a record is encountered that causes the condition to fail, the operation terminates. The WHILE condition is used only to create the order. It is not stored in the index file or used for updating or reindexing purposes. The default is NIL. <bEval> is a code block that is evaluated at intervals specified by <nInterval>. This is useful in producing a status bar or odometer that monitors the ordering progress. The return value of <bEval> must be a logical value. If <bEval> returns false (.F.), indexing halts. The default is NIL. <nInterval> is a numeric expression that determines the number of times <bEval> is evaluated. This argument offers a performance enhancement by evaluating the condition at intervals instead of evaluating every record processed. To step through every record, you can specify a value of 0. The default is 0. <nStart> is the starting record number. To start at the beginning of the file, specify a value of 0. The default is 0. You define the scope using one of these three, mutually exclusive arguments (use 0 or false (.F.) for the others). The default is all records. Record scoping information is used only to create the order. It is not stored in the index file or used for index updates and reindexing purposes. <nNext> is the number of records to process, starting at <nStart>. Specify 0 to ignore this argument. <nRecord> is a single record number to process. Specify 0 to ignore this argument. <lRest> is specified as true (.T.) to process only records from <nStart> to the end of the file. False (.F.) processes all records. <lDescend> specifies whether the keyed pairs should be sorted in decreasing or increasing order of value. True`.T.) results in descending order and false (.F.) results in ascending order. The default is false (.F.). <lAdditive> specifies whether open orders should remain open while the new order is being created. True (.T.) specifies that they should remain open. False (.F.) is the default and it specifies that all open orders should be closed. <lCurrent> specifies whether only records in the controlling order-- and within the current range as specified by ORDSETSCOPE()--will be included in this order. True (.T.) specifies that the controlling order and range should be used to limit the scope of the newly created order. False (.F.) is the default and it specifies that all records in the database file are included in the order. <lCustom> specifies whether the new order will be a custom built order (for RDDs that use this feature). True (.T.) specifies that a custom built order will be created. A custom built order is initially empty, giving you complete control over order maintenance. The system does not automatically add and delete keys from a custom built order. Instead, you explicitly add and delete keys using ORDKEYADD() and ORDKEYDEL(). False (.F.) specifies a standard, system-maintained order. The default is false (.F.). <lNoOptimize> specifies whether the FOR condition will be optimized (for RDDs that support this feature). True (.T.) optimizes the FOR condition, and false (.F.) does not. The default is false (.F.). Returns ORDCONDSET() returns true (.T.) if successful; otherwise, it returns false (.F.). Description By default ORDCONDSET() operates on the currently selected work area. This function can be made to operate on an unselected work area by specifying it within an aliased expression. Unless you specify otherwise with ORDCONDSET(), new orders that you create will use default scoping rules, processing all records in the work area. ORDCONDSET() allows you to specify conditions and scoping rules that records must meet in order to be included in the next order created. Creating a new order automatically resets the work area to use the default scoping rules. Thus, if scoping is required, you must reset ORDCONDSET() each time you create a new order. This function is essential if you want to create conditional orders using DBCREATEINDEX() because this function does not support arguments to do this. Examples . The following example sets the condition for the creation of orders: LOCAL cFor AS STRING LOCAL lAll, lRest, lDescend AS LOGIC LOCAL bForCondition, bWhileCondition, ; bEval AS USUAL LOCAL nStep, nStart, nNext, nRecord AS SHORTINT // For condition string format cFor := 'UPPER(Name) = "MELISSA"' // Actual for condition bForCondition := {|| UPPER(Name) = "MELISSA"} lAll := .T. bWhileCondition := {|| .T.} // While all bEval := {|| Name + City} // Indexing code // block nStep := 0 // Step through all nStart := 0 // From top nNext := 0 // All nRecord := 0 // All records lRest := .F. // All lDescend := .F. // Ascending ORDCONDSET(cFor, bForCondition, lAll, ; bWhileCondition, bEval, nStep, nStart, ; nNext, nRecord, lRest, lDescend) Files Library is CLIPPER.LIB.
See Also: DBORDERINFO() INDEX ORDKEYADD()