OCITablePrev()

Purpose

Returns the index of the previous existing element of a table.

Syntax

sword OCITablePrev ( OCIEnv             *env, 
                     OCIError           *err, 
                     sb4                index,
                     CONST OCITable     *tbl,
                     sb4                *prev_index
                     boolean            *exists );

Parameters

env (IN/OUT)

The OCI environment handle initialized in object mode.

err (IN/OUT)

The OCI error handle. If there is an error, it is recorded in err and this function returns OCI_ERROR. Obtain diagnostic information by calling OCIErrorGet().

index (IN)

Index for starting point of scan.

tbl (IN)

Table to scan.

prev_index (OUT)

Index of the previous existing element before tbl(index).

exists (OUT)

FALSE if no previous index is available, else TRUE.

Comments

Return the largest position j, less than index, such that exists(j) is TRUE.

Related Functions

OCITableNext()