In article <6j089r$hu...@news.duke.edu>, Scott Haynie
<s...@acpub.duke.edu> writes
Quote
>In my TDatabase, I use a BDE alias to connect to a defined ODBC DataSource.
>Is there a way of retrieving the exact location of the database (path and
>filename)?
**** Extract from the IDAPI Function Reference help file BDE.HLP:
Syntax
DBIResult DBIFN DbiGetDatabaseDesc (pszName, pdbDesc);
Description
DbiGetDatabaseDesc retrieves the Description of the specified database
from the configuration file.
Parameters
pszName Type: pCHAR (Input)
Pointer to the database name.
pdbDesc Type: pDBDesc (Output)
Pointer to the client-allocated DBDesc structure.
Prerequisites
A valid database (alias) name must be specified.
Completion state
The output buffer contains the database Description.
DbiResult return values
DBIERR_NONE The database Description for pszName was retrieved
successfully.
DBIERR_OBJNOTFOUND The database named in pszName was not found.
DBDesc (database descriptor)
The DBDesc structure describes a database, using the following fields:
Field Type Description
szName DBINAME Specifies the database alias name.
szText DBINAME Descriptive text.
szPhyName DBIPATH Specifies the physical name/path.
szDbType DBINAME Specifies the database type.
**** Extract ends
I am not fully sure about the calling conventions. Maybe you could
search the net for DbiGetDatabaseDesc examples. You should be able to
download the BDE.HLP file (which contains descriptions of all the
available BDE routines) from the Delphi Super Page at:
http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/delphi
In compressed form, the file is called bdehel.zip.
Hope the above helps.
--
Steve Turner
Leeds, England
