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Advanced Functions for the FairCom DB SDK

Introduction

The FairCom DB SDK is where you find the power and control you need to build the most advanced database applications. Providing direct calls into the core of the FairCom DB database engine provides a flexibility not found anywhere else.

The ability to block access to files, and quiesce FairCom DB are now available directly from your application. Partial Record Rewrites and advanced new caching strategies bring additional performance. New permanent callback filters provide a solid security feature for the most demanding of applications which need to prevent data retrieval at the lowest levels. Many great new FairCom DB features are described in this section and you are invited to explore them all in your next database project.

In This Chapter

Block Access to Files

Blocking Lock Timeouts

Partial Record Rewrites

Row-Level Permanent Callback Filters

Advanced Cache Alternative for Scanning Data Files

Recursive Locking Support

Retrieve a List of File names from FairCom DB

File-based Global Mutexes

Programmatically Import Tables into FairCom DB SQL

Access a FairCom DB Connection Created by Another Thread

List Users Owning or Waiting for Record Locks

Extended Connection Information in a Lock Dump

TCP/IP Client Connect and Communication Timeout Options

Additional Security Administrator Functions

Increased Page Size Now Available

Extended Version of Compact Function Added

Compact Function Now Supports Duplicate Key Purge and Update IFIL Options

Additional SETOPS Modes

Default Temporary File Path in Standalone and LOCLIB Models

Options to Retrieve a File's Unique ID

Update Unicode Version

Enforce Maximum Disk Read/Write Sizes on Windows

Other New Functions Available

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