Paradox Functions

Object oriented API

The paradox extension provides also an object oriented API. It consists of only one class called paradox_db. Its methods only differ from the functions in its name and of course the missing first parameter. The following table will list all methods and its equivalent functions.

**Methods of class paradox_db**
Name of method	Equivalent function
Constructor	px_new()
Destructor	px_delete()
open_fp()	px_open_fp()
create_fp()	px_create_fp()
close()	px_close()
numrecords()	px_numrecords()
numfields()	px_numfields()
get_record()	px_get_record()
put_record()	px_put_record()
retrieve_record()	px_retrieve_record()
delete_record()	px_delete_record()
insert_record()	px_insert_record()
update_record()	px_update_record()
get_field()	px_get_field()
get_schema()	px_get_schema()
get_info()	px_get_info()
set_parameter()	px_set_parameter()
get_parameter()	px_get_parameter()
set_value()	px_set_value()
get_value()	px_get_value()
get_info()	px_get_info()
set_targetencoding()	px_set_targetencoding()
set_tablename()	px_set_tablename()
set_blob_file()	px_set_blob_file()
date2string()	px_date2string()
timestamp2string()	px_timestamp2string()

px_close — Closes a paradox database
px_create_fp — Create a new paradox database
px_date2string — Converts a date into a string.
px_delete_record — Deletes record from paradox database
px_delete — Deletes resource of paradox database
px_get_field — Returns the specification of a single field
px_get_info — Return lots of information about a paradox file
px_get_parameter — Gets a parameter
px_get_record — Returns record of paradox database
px_get_schema — Returns the database schema
px_get_value — Gets a value
px_insert_record — Inserts record into paradox database
px_new — Create a new paradox object
px_numfields — Returns number of fields in a database
px_numrecords — Returns number of records in a database
px_open_fp — Open paradox database
px_put_record — Stores record into paradox database
px_retrieve_record — Returns record of paradox database
px_set_blob_file — Sets the file where blobs are read from
px_set_parameter — Sets a parameter
px_set_tablename — Sets the name of a table (deprecated)
px_set_targetencoding — Sets the encoding for character fields (deprecated)
px_set_value — Sets a value
px_timestamp2string — Converts the timestamp into a string.
px_update_record — Updates record in paradox database

Paradox Functions

Object oriented API

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