EssListFilters

Lists all filters for a database.

Syntax

ESS_FUNC_M EssListFilters (hCtx, AppName, DbName, Count, ppFilterList);
ParameterData TypeDescription

hCtx

ESS_HCTX_T

API context handle.

AppName

ESS_STR_T

Application name.

DbName

ESS_STR_T

databasename.

pCount

ESS_PUSHORT_T

Address of variable to receive count of filter names.

ppFilterList

ESS_PPFTRNAME_T

Address of pointer to receive an allocated array of filter name strings.

Notes

The memory allocated for ppFilterList should be freed using EssFree().

Return Value

If successful, returns the count of filters in the database in pCount, and an array of filter names in ppFilterList.

Access

This function requires the caller to have database Design privilege (ESS_PRIV_DBDESIGN) for the specified database.

Example

ESS_FUNC_M 
ESS_ListFilters (ESS_HCTX_T hCtx, ESS_HINST_T hInst)
{
   ESS_FUNC_M       sts = ESS_STS_NOERR;
   ESS_STR_T       AppName;   
   ESS_STR_T       DbName;
   ESS_USHORT_T    Count = 0;            
   ESS_USHORT_T    ind;
   ESS_PFTRNAME_T  pFilterList = NULL;
   
   AppName = "Sample";
   DbName  = "Basic";
   
   sts = EssListFilters(hCtx, AppName, DbName,
         &Count, &pFilterList);
   
   if(!sts)
   {   
      if(Count && pFilterList)
      {  
printf ("\r\n-------Filter List-------\r\n\r\n");    
         for (ind = 0; ind < Count; ind++)
printf("%s\r\n",pFilterList[ind]);
         EssFree (hInst, pFilterList);        
      }
      else
printf ("\r\nFilter List is empty\r\n\r\n");                                                  
   } 
   return (sts);    
}

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