DtvLong dal_dbi_dal_loa_typ (idn)

Re-initializes or updates the type definition for the type Id in local memory..

Input Parameters Significance
DtvLong idn type Id [0 = all]

Output Parameters Significance
no -

Return Code Significance
0 no error
1 data structure not initialized yet
2 ident number does not exist
-1 data base error reading the table data

This function is executed by DataView at the program start (opening the data base in the module MAIN.C). In this process all type definitions in the entity-relationship-model of your application are copied from the data base into local memory and initialized.

When you load type definitions into local memory, DataView will use the information in local memory and not those in the data base for all type queries from within DataView standard functions.

If you do not pass a type Id (idn = 0), DataView will copy all type definitions from the data base into local memory, just like at program start. Thus you can re-initialize the type definitions in local memory.

The function loads the data unsorted. The object names are sorted into a MAP for a faster InCore query.