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      <h2>FLIP</h2>
      <p>The FLIP command flips the byte ordering on the specified item opposite 
        its current ordering. For example, if a table is currently stored in LITTLE 
        ENDIAN format, FLIP will change the byte ordering to BIG ENDIAN. This 
        can become necessary for example, when a binary file is copied from one 
        operating system to another.</p>
      <p>FLIP is not the same as the SET ENDIAN command which only affects the 
        data as it is returned to OdxSQL. FLIP actually affects the data in the 
        file.</p>
      <p>The FLIP command can be used on a file, a table in a database, or all 
        the tables in a database.</p>
      <p class="line">&nbsp;</p>
      <h3><a name="syntax"></a>Syntax</h3>
      <p class="ex">FLIP &lt;DATABASE | TABLE | FILE&gt; name [ON [INSTANCE] instance] 
        [WITH options]</p>
      <p></p>
      <p class="indent">FLIP<br>
        Required.</p>
      <p class="indent">DATABASE | TABLE | FILE name<br>
        Required. Flip the bytes on an entire database, a single table in a database, 
        or a file. name is the name of the database, table, or file.<br>
        DATABASE - Change the byte ordering on every table in the database by 
        using the FLIP DATABASE command. OdxSQL will scan every table to determine 
        which columns need to be flipped, calculate the offsets and perform the 
        flip.<br>
        TABLE - Change the byte ordering on any table in the environment catalog. 
        It will scan the table to determine which columns need to be flipped, 
        calculate the necessary offsets and perform the flip.<br>
        FILE - Change the byte ordering on a single file. When using this command 
        on a file, OdxSQL will prompt the user for the offsets and lengths of 
        the data in the file.</p>
      <p class="indent">ON INSTANCE instancenumber<br>
        Optional. Specify the instance on which to perform the flip. instancenumber 
        is the integer instance number created when the connection to the Environment 
        file was opened. If omitted, the current instance contained in the instance 
        element of the Status array will be used. The INSTANCE keyword is optional. 
        The ON keyword is required if the instance is specified.</p>
      <p class="indent">WITH options<br>
        Optional. A comma separated list of options to apply to this command.</p>
      <p class="line">&nbsp;</p>
      <h3><a name="options"></a>Options</h3>
      <p>&nbsp;</p>
      <p class="line">&nbsp;</p>
      <h3><a name="example"></a>Example</h3>
      <p><a href="#db">DATABASE</a> | <a href="#file">FILE</a> | <a href="#table">TABLE</a></p>
      <h6><a name="db"></a>DATABASE</h6>
      <p>The following example flips the entire Orders sample flat file database.</p>
      <p class="ex">&gt;connect orders.env</p>
      <p class="ex">&gt; flip database orders<br>
        Flipping 6 tables in database ORDERS<br>
        [1 of 6] CUSTOMERS - 999 rows required flipping.<br>
        [2 of 6] PRODUCTS - 99 rows required flipping.<br>
        [3 of 6] ACTIVITY - 6540 rows required flipping.<br>
        [4 of 6] CUST_NOTES - 259 rows required flipping.<br>
        [5 of 6] ORDERS - 10208 rows required flipping.<br>
        [6 of 6] INVENTORY - 204 rows required flipping.<br>
        All tables flipped</p>
      <p class="ex">&gt;</p>
      <h6><a name="file"></a>FILE</h6>
      <p class="ex">&gt; export customer_no, company, licensee from customers 
        where state='co' to colo.txt with delete<br>
        38 rows exported to colo.txt</p>
      <p class="ex">&gt; flip file colo.txt<br>
        Flipping file: C:\omnidex\colo.txt</p>
      <p>OdxSQL prompts for the record length. This is 48, CUSTOMER_NO is a 4 
        byte integer, COMPANY is a 40 byte character string, and LICENSEE is a 
        4 byte integer.</p>
      <p class="ex">Record length: 48</p>
      <p>colo.txt is 1.8K and has 38 rows</p>
      <p>OdxSQL the prompts for the Offset and length of the fields to be flipped. 
        These are only the binary fields, therefore the length value specified 
        can only be 2, 4 and 8. The offset must be determined, accounting for 
        the space taken by the non-binary fields, as shown:</p>
      <p class="ex">1) Offset: 0<br>
        1) Length: 4<br>
        2) Offset: 44<br>
        2) Length: 4<br>
        3) Offset:</p>
      <p class="ex">38 rows flipped in colo.txt<br>
        &gt;</p>
      <p>An easier way to accomplish the same results would be to create an Omnidex 
        Environment Catalog containing the table definition for the file, then 
        use the FLIP TABLE command (see below).</p>
      <p></p>
      <h6><a name="table"></a>TABLE</h6>
      <p>The following environment catalog entry defines the file used in the 
        example above.</p>
      <p class="ex">TABLE &quot;COLO&quot;<br>
        PHYSICAL &quot;C:\omnidex\demodata\colo.txt&quot;<br>
        PARENT KEY &quot;CUSTOMER_NO&quot;<br>
        COLUMN &quot;CUSTOMER_NO&quot; DATATYPE INTEGER LENGTH 4<br>
        COLUMN &quot;COMPANY&quot; DATATYPE CHAR LENGTH 40<br>
        COLUMN &quot;LICENSEE&quot; DATATYPE INTEGER LENGTH 4</p>
      <p>Connect to the environment catalog containing this entry and run the 
        FLIP TABLE command.</p>
      <p class="ex">&gt; flip table colo<br>
        38 COLO rows required flipping.<br>
        &gt;<br>
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