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I have a problem when a .CDX is created in the following example. The index key is 140 characters with the field “Collection” included. xBase++ does not like this length and errors when the index is opened. It I remove “Collection”. The key index length is 85 and the program does not error. The docs state the “Max length for both INDEX plus FOR expression is 512 characters”. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks for your time.

Doug

PROCEDURE MAIN
LOCAL mDBPath := ""
LOCAL mDBIndex := "TESTCDX"
LOCAL mCdbKeyC := 'RunCode + EndPeriod + StrPeriod + Sequence + ' +;
' EndYrWk + StrYrWk + Type + Plant + PMSType + SysTyGrIt + Collection'

LOCAL mBdbKeyC := {|| RunCode + EndPeriod + StrPeriod + FIELD->Sequence +;
EndYrWk + StrYrWk + Type + Plant + PMSType + SysTyGrIt + FIELD->Collection}

DBCREATE("TESTCDX",{;
{"RunCode","C", 5, 0},;
{"EndPeriod","C", 4, 0},;
{"StrPeriod","C", 4, 0},;
{"EndYrWk","C", 4, 0},;
{"StrYrWk","C", 4, 0},;
{"Sequence","C", 2, 0},;
{"RPTSEQ","C", 8, 0},;
{"Type","C", 1, 0},;
{"Plant","C", 4, 0},;
{"A","C", 17, 0},;
{"PMSType","C", 2, 0},;
{"SysTyGrIt","C",55, 0},;
{"Collection","C",55, 0};
})

USE TESTCDX NEW EXCLUSIVE VIA "DBFCDX"

* Create The Indexes
@24,0 SAY PADC("Creating PMS Customer Data Code Order Indexes",80)
* ALTD()
* the following errors with a "Length of database field exceeded" when
* typed at the debugger command line
ORDCREATE("TESTCDX", "CUSTOMER_O", mcdbkeyC, mbdbkeyC)

SET INDEX TO
* This errors with a "file cannot be opened"
SET INDEX TO ("TESTCDX")

RETURN

Doug -

I suggest adding FIELD-> to the front of each field name in the index and see if it helps.

Roger

dougtanner wrote:I have a problem when a .CDX is created in the following example. The index key is 140 characters with the field “Collection” included. xBase++ does not like this length and errors when the index is opened. It I remove “Collection”. The key index length is 85 and the program does not error. The docs state the “Max length for both INDEX plus FOR expression is 512 characters”. What am I doing wrong?

dont know where you got these wrpng Information, see PDR 5694

For fields of type character the maximum length of the index value
is 120 characters. When the CDXDBE runs is in FOXPRO2X or COMIX mode
then the maximum length of the key value is 240. This is not documented.

Thanks for you help. Alaska support agrees that the documentation is misleading (Translation "It's Wrong") and recommends limited the length of the key for CDXs to 100 characters. Without much effort, I can rewrite the code. I would prefer not to go with COMIX or FOXPRO2. (Alaska said, and I verified that my example would not run in FOXPRO).

Doug

Doug -

What is your reason for not liking COMIX?
I used this format in all of my Clipper apps.

Roger

Hi Roger,

" What is your reason for not liking COMIX?"

Fear of the unknown and I couldn't get it to work. I tried adding:
DbeInfo( COMPONENT_ORDER, CDXDBE_MODE, CDXDBE_FOXPRO2X )
and it still didn't work. How can I enable COMIX?

Doug

DbeInfo( COMPONENT_ORDER, CDXDBE_MODE, CDXDBE_COMIX )

Hi Roger,

I added "COMIX" to my DBESYS. Changed my program to the following. It errors when the key length gets to 121.

What am I doing wrong?

Doug

PROCEDURE MAIN

LOCAL mDBPath := ""
LOCAL mDBIndex := "TESTCDX"

LOCAL cDBKeyC := "KeyField"
LOCAL bDBKeyC := {|| FIELD->KeyField}



FOR mLen := 1 TO 140

IF FILE("TESTCDX.DBF")
FERASE("TESTCDX.DBF")
ENDIF
IF FILE("TESTCDX.CDX")
FERASE("TESTCDX.CDX")
ENDIF
? mlen
DBCREATE("TESTCDX",{;
{"KeyField","C", mLen, 0}})

USE TESTCDX NEW EXCLUSIVE VIA "DBFCDX"

ORDCREATE("TESTCDX", "TESTING", cdbkeyC, bdbkeyC)

SET INDEX TO

* This errors with a "file cannot be opened" when length = 121
SET INDEX TO ("TESTCDX")

CLOSE ALL
NEXT
RETURN

dougtanner wrote:I added "COMIX" to my DBESYS. Changed my program to the following. It errors when the key length gets to 121.

What am I doing wrong?

"where" is you DBESYS ? did you compile and link it after modification ?

if you do not use a *.XPJ you have to modify your "Main" this Way i recommend to create you "Comix" DBF new*** before create Index.

*** if you use more than 1 DBE be sure to use "right" DBE ( here DBENTX and FOXCDX )

Thanks, Auge_Ohr

Those changes to my dbesys() worked. You and Roger are the best!

Doug