The prordbd( ) function reads the value of a DATE field in a shared buffer.
On successful completion, prordbd( ) returns 0; otherwise, it returns a non-zero value:
Syntax
int
prordbd ( pbufnam, fhandle, index, pyear, pmonth, pday,
punknown )
char *pbufnam;
int fhandle;
int index;
int *pyear;
int *pmonth;
int *pday;
int *punknown;
pbufnam
This input parameter points to the name of the specified shared buffer.
fhandle
This input parameter is the field handle that profldix( ) returns for the specified field.
index
This input parameter specifies an index value for an array field. If the field is not an array, you must set the value of index to 0.
pyear
This output parameter points to an integer where prordbd( ) returns the value of year.
pmonth
This output parameter points to an integer where prordbd( ) returns the value of month.
pday
This output parameter points to an integer where prordbd( ) returns the value of day.
punknown
This output parameter points to an integer where prordbd( ) returns 1 if the field has Unknown value (?), and returns 0 otherwise.
