ARGetEntry entryId length

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Hi there,

I have successfully built arsperl on IRIX 6.2 (alpha), with some
very minor changes, which I think were just issues with the
latest compiler.  At some point I will try compiling on 5.3 and
see if I have more fluid (change-free) luck.

The problem I was having before (if any of you recall) was that
the version of perl was a pruned one, which did not contain all
the header files and the like, but rather only the files needed
for run-time.


Anyway, on to the main topic of this particular mailing...

in the ARGetEntry call in ARS.c, (line 1621 of the version I
have), the third argument is ``pad_entry'', which is of type
AREntryIdType, and which is set up to be padded with 0's to the
length of 15 characters.

This probably ought to be dynamic, based on the
ARFieldLimitStruct returned by ARGetField.  I have a schema with
a 10 character long entryId, and it seems that it is impossible
to get any records out of it using arsperl.


I imagine that my description here is sufficient information
for a code change, but if you (the developers that are on this
list) would like further information, please let me know.

Cheers.

	David

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