Re: [pilot-db-list] Yet another perl module

[Emmanuel S. <se...@ac...>]

On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 08:03:59PM +0200, Uwe Kloß wrote:
> 
> As an attachment please find:
> 1. the module DB.pm and (put it in the directory Palm where PDB.pm is)
> 2. test-pdb.pl (example how to use it) and
> 3. Betriebskosten.PDB (example database needed by 2.)

[seyman@munshine seyman]$ perl test-pdb.pl
fields:  11
records: 13
Number of fields: 11
Field names: Datum,,,,,,,,,,

Datum - Art
5.7.2002---
9.7.2002---
20.7.2002---
15.8.2002---
24.8.2002---
25.8.2002---
13.9.2002---
14.9.2002---
15.9.2002---
16.9.2002---
25.9.2002---
7.10.2002---
30.10.2002---
All tests are ok

The field names output looks way off, IMHO.

> I have 2 (Pilot-Db) databases one has 58 and the other B8 (both hex) as
> AppInfo offset. They have different record numbers. So this might be due
> to something called record index. The second one is my test DB. (0xB8=184)

Looking into this, I realize that I've worked on pilot-db conversion scripts
more than I've used pilot-db itself. :-)

One thing I've noticed about the AppInfo blocks in my pdf files is that
their offset is always a multiple of 4 (and often a multiple of 8).
I'm guessing those 2 bytes are filers and that the correct thing to do is
ignore them.

Emmanuel