table.getRootAddress

Syntax table.getRootAddress (adr)
Params adr is the address of some object in an object database.
Action Determine the address of the root of the database containing the object.
Returns The address of the root of the database containing adr.
Errors The object must exist, if it doesn't it's an error.
Examples table.getRootAddress (@["C:\\Palm Springs\\Websites\\davenet.root"].["97"].["05"].Programmers)

   » @["C:\\Palm Springs\\Websites\\davenet.root"]

table.getRootAddress (this) //a very likely use of this verb

   » @root

table.getRootAddress (@suites) //it's in Frontier.root

   » @root

table.getRootAddress (@doesNotExist) //an error

Notes Use this verb to navigate from the root of the database containing the script that's running.

This works much better than hard-coding addresses.

Created 10/11/98; 6:00:55 AM by DW.

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