Paradox Functions
Object oriented API
The paradox extension provides also an object oriented API. It consists of only one class called paradox_db. Its methods only differ from the functions in its name and of course the missing first parameter. The following table will list all methods and its equivalent functions.
| Name of method | Equivalent function |
|---|---|
| Constructor | px_new() |
| Destructor | px_delete() |
| open_fp() | px_open_fp() |
| create_fp() | px_create_fp() |
| close() | px_close() |
| numrecords() | px_numrecords() |
| numfields() | px_numfields() |
| get_record() | px_get_record() |
| put_record() | px_put_record() |
| retrieve_record() | px_retrieve_record() |
| delete_record() | px_delete_record() |
| insert_record() | px_insert_record() |
| update_record() | px_update_record() |
| get_field() | px_get_field() |
| get_schema() | px_get_schema() |
| get_info() | px_get_info() |
| set_parameter() | px_set_parameter() |
| get_parameter() | px_get_parameter() |
| set_value() | px_set_value() |
| get_value() | px_get_value() |
| get_info() | px_get_info() |
| set_targetencoding() | px_set_targetencoding() |
| set_tablename() | px_set_tablename() |
| set_blob_file() | px_set_blob_file() |
| date2string() | px_date2string() |
| timestamp2string() | px_timestamp2string() |
Table of Contents
- px_close — Closes a paradox database
- px_create_fp — Create a new paradox database
- px_date2string — Converts a date into a string
- px_delete_record — Deletes record from paradox database
- px_delete — Deletes resource of paradox database
- px_get_field — Returns the specification of a single field
- px_get_info — Return lots of information about a paradox file
- px_get_parameter — Gets a parameter
- px_get_record — Returns record of paradox database
- px_get_schema — Returns the database schema
- px_get_value — Gets a value
- px_insert_record — Inserts record into paradox database
- px_new — Create a new paradox object
- px_numfields — Returns number of fields in a database
- px_numrecords — Returns number of records in a database
- px_open_fp — Open paradox database
- px_put_record — Stores record into paradox database
- px_retrieve_record — Returns record of paradox database
- px_set_blob_file — Sets the file where blobs are read from
- px_set_parameter — Sets a parameter
- px_set_tablename — Sets the name of a table (deprecated)
- px_set_targetencoding — Sets the encoding for character fields (deprecated)
- px_set_value — Sets a value
- px_timestamp2string — Converts the timestamp into a string
- px_update_record — Updates record in paradox database
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