Function msDBFCreate

mapxbase.c:318–373

/ msDBFCreate() */ / Create a new .dbf file. */ /

/*      Create a new .dbf file.                                         */
/************************************************************************/
DBFHandle msDBFCreate( const char * pszFilename )

{
    DBFHandle	psDBF;
    FILE	*fp;

    /* -------------------------------------------------------------------- */
    /*      Create the file.                                                */
    /* -------------------------------------------------------------------- */
    fp = fopen( pszFilename, "wb" );
    if( fp == NULL )
        return( NULL );

    fputc( 0, fp );
    fclose( fp );

    fp = fopen( pszFilename, "rb+" );
    if( fp == NULL )
        return( NULL );

    /* -------------------------------------------------------------------- */
    /*	Create the info structure.			  		    */
    /* -------------------------------------------------------------------- */
    psDBF = (DBFHandle) malloc(sizeof(DBFInfo));
    if (psDBF == NULL)
    {
        msSetError(MS_MEMERR, "%s: %d: Out of memory allocating %u bytes.\n", "msDBFCreate()",
                   __FILE__, __LINE__, sizeof(DBFInfo));
        fclose(fp);
        return NULL;
    }

    psDBF->fp = fp;
    psDBF->nRecords = 0;
    psDBF->nFields = 0;
    psDBF->nRecordLength = 1;
    psDBF->nHeaderLength = 33;
    
    psDBF->panFieldOffset = NULL;
    psDBF->panFieldSize = NULL;
    psDBF->panFieldDecimals = NULL;
    psDBF->pachFieldType = NULL;
    psDBF->pszHeader = NULL;

    psDBF->nCurrentRecord = -1;
    psDBF->bCurrentRecordModified = MS_FALSE;
    psDBF->pszCurrentRecord = NULL;

    psDBF->pszStringField = NULL;
    psDBF->nStringFieldLen = 0;    

    psDBF->bNoHeader = MS_TRUE;
    psDBF->bUpdated = MS_FALSE;

    return( psDBF );
}

/************************************************************************/