EssPartitionNewDefFile

Creates and opens a new shared-partition definition file based upon input parameters supplied.

Syntax

ESS_FUNC_M EssPartitionNewDefFile (hCtx, pszFileName, pHostDatabase, piFileHandle, ppDdbCtx);

Parameter	Data Type	Description
hCtx	ESS_HCTX_T	API network context.
pszFileName	ESS_STR_T	Name of file to be created (full path).
pHostDatabase	ESS_PART_CONNECT_INFO_T	Identifies the host database.
piFileHandle	ESS_PINT_T	Handle to created file.
ppDdbCtx	ESS_PART_T	An initialized distributed context.

Return Value

Returns zero if successful; error code if unsuccessful.

Example

ESS_FUNC_M ESS_PartitionNewDefFile(ESS_HCTX_T hCtx)
{
   ESS_FUNC_M     sts = 0;
   ESS_INT_T     iFileHandle;
   ESS_STR_T     pszFileName;
   ESS_PART_T    *pDdbCtx; 
   ESS_STR_T     hostname, appname, dbname;
   ESS_PART_CONNECT_INFO_T   HostDatabase;
   pszFileName = "C:\\Hyperion\\products\\Essbase\\EssbaseServer\\app\\app1\\trg1\\trg1.ddb";
   hostname = "local";
   appname = "app1";
   dbname = "dbname";
   HostDatabase.pszHostName   = hostname;
   HostDatabase.pszAppName    = appname;
   HostDatabase.pszDbName     = dbname;

   sts = EssPartitionNewDefFile(hCtx,pszFileName,&HostDatabase,&iFileHandle,&pDdbCtx);
   printf("EssPartitionNewDefFile  sts: %ld\n",sts);

   if (!sts)  
   {  

       /* ...
          ...  process definition file information
          ...
       */
           sts = EssPartitionWriteDefFile(hCtx,iFileHandle,pDdbCtx);
                
       printf("\tEssPartitionWriteDefFile   sts: %ld\n",sts);

           sts = EssPartitionCloseDefFile(hCtx,iFileHandle);
                
       printf("\tEssPartitionCloseDefFile   sts: %ld\n",sts);

           sts = EssPartitionFreeDefCtx(hCtx,pDdbCtx);
                
       printf("\tEssPartitionFreeDefCtx   sts: %ld\n",sts);

   }
   return (sts);
}