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oabind establishes how data is returned for subsequent oafetches,
oafetchkeys, or oaexports
within a specified cursor. It determines what columns or data
values (select items) are returned, as well as the data type
and length of each column or value. oabind lets you override
the default data type of a select item specified in the columns
parameter of oaselect; that is,
oabind lets you convert data returned by OmniAccess.
 oabind
datatype conversions are the final operation in a select;
therefore sorting operations will be based on the internal
datatype of the column rather than the converted datatype,
which may alter a chronological sort.
You can use oadescribe to return
much of the information required by oabind.
Syntax
int oabind (cursor, *options, *status, num_columns,
*select_list);
cursor -- Cursor is a 32-bit
signed integer passed by value. This is the value returned
by a successful call to oaopencursor.
Cursor represents the retrieval environment to which the requested
conversion applies.
options -- Options is currently
reserved and must contain a semicolon or a null character
passed by reference.
status -- Indicates the success
or failure of the oabind routine. A zero status.error means
a successful oabind. See Status
Structure.
num_columns -- num_columns
contains the number of columns or select items to return for
the current cursor. Num_columns is a 32-bit signed integer
passed by value. The value of num_columns must be equal to
status word 11 returned from the preceding call to oaselect.
oaselect_list -- oaselect_list
is an array that contains a select item descriptor for each
select item specified in the columns parameter of the preceding
call to oaselect. The number of
entries in the select item list array is specified in num_columns.
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Options
There are currently no options available for use with oabind.
Support was added for future enhancements.
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Example
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