ADD-NEW-INDEX( ) method

Adds a new empty index with the specified name to the temp-table. Index components must be added with the ADD-INDEX-FIELD( ) method.

This method cannot be called after TEMP-TABLE-PREPARE( ) has been called unless CLEAR( ) is called first.

Return type: LOGICAL

Applies to: Temp-table object handle

Syntax

ADD-NEW-INDEX ( index-name-exp [ , unique-exp [ , primary-exp
[ , wordix-exp ]]] )

index-name-exp

A character expression that evaluates to the name of the created index.

unique-exp

A logical expression that evaluates to TRUE if this index is unique.

primary-exp

A logical expression that evaluates to TRUE if this is the primary index.

wordix-exp

A logical expression that evaluates to TRUE if this is a word index.

The following example fragment adds to a temp-table a new unique primary index field with two components, the first ascending, the second descending:

tth:ADD-FIELDS-FROM("Customer", "SalesRep").
tth:ADD-NEW-INDEX("abidx", TRUE, TRUE).
tth:ADD-INDEX-FIELD("abidx", "abfield1").
tth:ADD-INDEX-FIELD("abidx", "abfield2", "desc").
...