Definition: | integer i = db_select(string st) |
Description: | Choose a new, already open, database to be the current database. Subsequent database operations will apply to this database. st is the path of the database file as it was originally opened with db_open() or db_create(). The return code, i, indicates success (DB_OK) or failure. |
Comments: | When you create (db_create) or open (db_open)
a database, it automatically becomes the current database.
Use db_select() when you want to switch back and forth between
open databases, perhaps to copy records
from one to the other.
After selecting a new database, you should select a table within that database using db_select_table(). |
Example: |
if db_select("employees") != DB_OK then puts(2, "Couldn't select employees database\n") end if |
See Also: | db_open |