ubase.countRecords

Syntax ubase.countRecords (fnum)

Params fnum is the number which identiÞes a uBASE database while it is open.

Action Determine the number of records in a database.

Returns The number of records in the indicated database

Examples key = ubase.getFirstRecord (fnum)
for i = 1 to ubase.countRecords (fnum)
nextKey = ubase.getNextRecord (fnum, key)

ubase.deleteRecord (fnum, key)

key = nextKey

Deletes all the records from the database referenced by fnum (which may not be a good idea!)

Errors An error is produced if uBASE is not running or if fnum does not identify an open database.

Platform Notes uBASE runs only on Mac OS and is not a supported component of Frontier 5.0,

Notes The records in a database are ordered arbitrarily.

See Also ubase.getFirstRecord

ubase.getNextRecord

ubase.getLastRecord

ubase.getPrevRecord

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