[mdb-dev] Writing

[Avner P. <av...@in...>]

Hello!

I'm having problems with writing (for example using the updrow 
application) in latest mdbtools cvs.

when changing a numerical value, the value and the value next to it turn 
into garbage.

when changing a string value, the following things happens:

if my table, t_people, looks like this

id      first_name       last_name      age    zipcode
1       avner               peled              21       9540
2       ...                      ....                   ...

and I enter

updrow avner1.mdb t_people "id = 1" last_name=shalom

then this:

0fdb  05 00 01 00 00 00 15 00  00 00 44 25 00 00 ff fe   ..........D%....
0feb  61 76 6e 65 72 ff fe 70  65 6c 65 64 1c 00 15 00   avner..peled....
0ffb  0e 00 02 00 1f                                                    
      .....

turns into this:

0000  05 00 01 00 00 00 15 00  00 00 44 25 00 00 ff fe      ..........D%....
0010  61 76 6e 65 72 73 68 61  6c 6f 6d 1b 00 15 00 0e   avnershalom.....
0020  00 02 00 1f  

when viewing the table after the update, last_name appears as "sao" 
instead of "shalom"

it seems the update ignores the "ff fe" in the start of the string, what 
is that anwway?

Any ideas? any help would be appreciated.
If anyone wants I will also post the nuber update which turns small 
numbers into negative and very big numbers.

Thanks!

Avner Peled
av...@in...