OpenEdge Development:<br />Progress 4GL Reference ADD-NEW-INDEX( ) method

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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","sales-rep").
tth:ADD-NEW-INDEX("abidx",true,true).
tth:ADD-INDEX-FIELD("abidx","abfield1").
tth:ADD-INDEX-FIELD("abidx","abfield2","desc").
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