dfindfi - find first record in secondary index
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rno_t dfindfi (buffer, fcb)
char *buffer;
DFILE *fcb;
Dfindfi finds the first record in a secondary index and returns
the record in buffer. The beginning values in buffer are ignored
by dfindfi. Dfindfi also saves the current position in the
secondary index, and additional records may be fetched in
secondary key order by calling dfindni(C-3).
An RMSfile may have several secondary indexes that are used to
retrieve records by other than the primary key value. Before
calling dfindfi, call dseti(C-3) to
select the desired secondary
index.
Fcb is the file block pointer returned by dlopen(C-3)
or
dopen(C-3).
The returned record number may be saved and used on a subsequent
call to dread(C-3).
dlopen(C-3), dopen(C-3),
dseti(C-3), dfindni(C-3),
dread(C-3)
Chapter 4, RMS Programming Guide
Dfindfi returns a value of BAD (-1) if an I/O error occurred or
if the secondary index is empty. If no record is found, the
contents of buffer are undefined.