Save method: FieldDefn class

Syntax

Save()

Description

Use the Save method to validate and save a field definition to the database.

Parameters

None.

Returns

An integer representing the following statuses.

Numeric Value	Constant Value	Descriptoin
0	%MDA_Success	The field definition is saved successfully.
1	%MDA_Failed	The field definition is not saved.
2	%MDA_UseAppDesigner	The specified field is not created using the PeopleCode FieldDefn class.
4	%MDA_Unsupported	The specified field type is not supported in PeopleCode.
12	%MDA_InvalidDefn	This value is returned when the validation fails. The detailed validation error messages are available through the Messages property.
14	%MDA_NoWriteAccess	The user doesn’t have write permissions to the field.

Example

Local FieldDefn &newField = CreateFieldDefn();
If All(&newField) Then
   &newField.Name = "MYNEWFIELD";
   &newField.Type = %FieldType_Char;
   &newField.Description = "My new field";
   &retVal = &newField.SetLabel("MYNEWFIELD", "My field", "My New Field", True);
   /* do error checking … */
   Local date &myDate = Date3(1900, 1, 1);
   &retVal = &newField.SetTranslateValue("A", True, &myDate, "My New XLAT", "My XLAT");
   /* do error checking … */
   &retVal = &newField.Save();
   /* do error checking … */
End-If;