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Database Server (DBS) API

$$VFIELD^DILFD( ): Field Verifier

This extrinsic function verifies that a field in a specified file exists.

Format
$$VFIELD^DILFD(FILE,FIELD)
Input Parameters
FILE

(Required) The number of the file or subfile in which the field to be checked exists.

FIELD

(Required) The number of the field to be checked.

Output

This Boolean function returns a 1 if the field exists in the specified file and a 0 if it does not exist.

Example
    >W $$VFIELD^DILFD(200,99999)
    0
Error Codes Returned

None

 

Reviewed/Updated: March 10, 2007