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Contents
Introduction to the Database suite / 2
Overview of the Database suite / 2
Applications that should support the Database suite / 3
Typical client applications for the Database suite / 3
Relationship of the Database suite with other suites / 3
Using object specifiers in place of other parameters / 4
Apple events defined in the Database suite / 4
Abort Transaction—cancel a series of changes / 5
Begin Transaction—begin a transaction thread and optionally associate it with an existing session / 7
Group—summarize a table / 9
Sort—order an object by one or more of its elements / 11
Object classes defined in the Database suite / 13
cCell—a cell from a table / 16
cColumn—a column of cells from a table / 21
cDatabase—a database / 25
cDBMS—a database management system / 28
cHost—a network host containing a DBMS or database / 30
cKey—an indexed column / 33
cRow—a row of cells from a table / 36
cRowSelection—a saved selection of rows / 40
cSession—an active session connected to a host, DBMS, or database / 44
cTable—a table of rows, columns, and cells from a database / 48
Descriptor types defined in the Database suite / 51
typeCell—a cell object / 52
typeColumn—a column object / 53
typeKey—a key fields object / 54
typeRow—a row object / 55
typeRowSelection—a row selection object / 56
typeSession—a session object / 57
typeTable—a table object / 58
Key forms defined in the Database suite / 59
Comparison operators defined in the Database suite / 60
Constants defined in the Database suite / 61
Figures and tables
Figure 1 Object inheritance hierarchy for the Database suite / 15
Table 1 Apple events defined in the Database suite / 4
Table 2 Apple event object classes defined in the Database suite / 13
Table 3 Descriptor types defined in the Database suite / 51
Table 4 Key forms defined in the Database suite / 59
Table 5 Comparison operators defined in the Database suite / 60
Table 6 Constants defined in the Database suite / 61
The Database Suite
The Database suite defines Apple event constructs that are used for communicating with database programs and transferring data to and from a database. This suite should be supported by applications that work cooperatively with database applications.
Introduction to the Database suite
The Database suite defines Apple event constructs that allow applications to communicate with database programs. By using the constructs defined in the Database suite, an application should be able to access a database and manipulate its data.
The Database suite is an extension of the events and objects defined in the Apple Event Registry: Standard Suites. In order to use the Database suite Apple event constructs, an understanding of the events and objects of the Core suite, Table suite, and Miscellaneous Standards is required. Anyone attempting to understand or use the Database suite must read and understand the Apple Event Registry: Standard Suites. An understanding of the Apple Event Manager is also encouraged. (See the Apple Event Manager chapter of “Inside Macintosh: InterApplication Communication“ for more information.)
Overview of the Database suite
The Database suite defines Apple events for
n performing more complex transactions than required by the Core suite. A transaction is a series of Apple events that must be processed without interruption from other Apple events. The Core suite transaction model allows a single transaction; any subsequent transactions cannot be started until the initial transaction has been completed. On the other hand, databases typically allow multiple transactions that can consist of a variety of operations. These transactions can be canceled without completion by using the Abort Transaction event, causing the database to return to the state it was in prior to the start of the transaction. Transactions can also be verified through the use of cSession object.
n sorting or accessing tables within a database. Data in a database is stored in the form of tables. A table is a named row of column headings, with zero or more rows of data values inserted under those headings. A single record is called a row and a table consists of a set of rows. The intersection of a row and a column is called a cell. The data contained in a cell is known as atomic data which can have either a single value or a list of values (in the case of multi-valued data cells).
n producing grouped summaries from tables.
The Database suite also defines object classes for
n accessing rows, columns, and cells within a database.
n accessing a database management system (DBMS). A DBMS is a collection of programs that enables users to create and maintain a database.
n accessing the database host (a computer running a DBMS).
n managing the sessions object on a host, DBMS, or a database.
n accessing selections in a database.
n accessing key fields in a database. The key field in a database is a column (or a combination of a number of columns) that can be used to uniquely identify rows in the table.
Applications that should support the Database suite
The following types of applications should support the Database suite:
n Applications that manipulate databases or spreadsheets.
n Applications that communicate with local or remote databases.
n Applications that remotely access databases.
Typical client applications for the Database suite
The following types of applications are likely to be clients of applications that support the Database suite:
n Applications that utilize shared data, for example, addresses and phone numbers.
n Applications that use information in a networked database, such as CAD, Forms, Inventory Control, or Point of Sale.
n Applications that interact with database programs.
Relationship of the Database suite with other suites
The Database suite’s Apple event constructs allow applications to refer to, request, and modify a remote database application’s data when used in conjunction with the objects and events defined in the Apple Event Registry: Standard Suites.
The Database suite defines three new Apple events: Abort Transaction, Group, and Sort, in addition to the Begin Transaction event which is an extension of the Begin Transaction event of the Miscellaneous Standards. To support the Database suite, an application must also support a small subset of Apple events from the Core suite, particularly Do Objects Exist, Get Data, Get Data Size, and Set Data. A few Apple events from the Miscellaneous Standards are also used by the Database suite. All of the common functions of a database operation can be accomplished using only the Apple events defined in the Apple Event Registry: Standard Suites.
For example, the Create Element event is used to create an object in this suite. A descriptor record containing initialization data is passed as the keyAEData parameter to the Create Element event. This descriptor contains optional information necessary to create the object. If the information is missing, the server uses default values. It follows that the Get Data and Set Data events are the most commonly used events of the Core suite. They provide the capability of manipulating the data defined by the database objects. By using the Get Data event, an application can interrogate another application about the value of various fields, columns, rows, or cells. The Apple Event Manager’s automatic coercion handlers allow the user to request data in a format acceptable to Apple event constructs.
Using object specifiers in place of other parameters
In all of the suites except the Finder suite, you can substitute an object specifier for any parameter of an Apple event that is not already defined as an object specifier. This object specifier must specify a single object. When you substitute an object specifier for a parameter, the actual value of the parameter is the value of the default descriptor record for the specified object (that is, the value you get when you send a Get Data Apple event for the object and do not specify a particular descriptor type for the result).
Apple events defined in the Database suite
The Apple events defined in the Database suite are described in the following sections. Table 1 lists these Apple events.
n Table 1 Apple events defined in the Database suite
Name Requested action
Abort Transaction Cancel a series of changes.
Begin Transaction Begin a transaction thread and optionally associate it with an existing session.
Group Summarize a table.
Sort Order an object by one or more of its elements.
Abort Transaction—cancel a series of changes
The Abort Transaction Apple event is used to cancel a transaction without allowing it to complete. This ensures that any changes that took place during the transaction are not made permanent.
Event Class kAEDatabase
Event ID kAEAbortTransaction
Parameters None
Reply Parameters None
Notes Abort Transaction complements the Begin Transaction, End Transaction, and Transaction Terminated events found in the Miscellaneous Standards. It extends their functions to allow commit and rollback functionality. Transactions are used to connect a series of events into one logical operation. The transaction ID, which is present in every Apple event, is used to identify the transaction. If a session has been associated with a given transaction, every event that is part of that transaction will behave as if the session were explicitly given. To associate a session with a transaction, include the session identifier as an optional parameter in the Begin Transaction event. Any transaction can either be completed by sending an End Transaction event (known as commit because it saves all the pending actions), or it may be aborted by sending an Abort Transaction event (known as rollback because it cancels any pending series of changes).
Databases that do not support commit and rollback should treat the Begin Transaction event as a Save and the Abort Transaction event as a Revert. Otherwise, the server returns errAEEventNotHandled on receipt of the Abort Transaction event to indicate that it could not rollback the transaction. More complex database management systems are able to rollback the transaction on receipt of an Abort Transaction event or commit the transaction upon receipt of the End Transaction event.
If a database does not support any type of transaction, the Begin, Abort, and End Transaction events are not handled. Instead, the events are processed on a first come first serve basis, which is an inefficient method for even the least complex database. On the other hand, some databases support only single transaction threads that handle one transaction at a time. In such cases, the Begin Transaction and the End Transaction events are used to lock out other events while processing a series of events. The way these events are handled by the server depends on the way the server has been implemented. Either of these transaction mechanisms may be used with or without support for cSession object.
The Abort Transaction event differs from the Transaction Terminated event found in the Miscellaneous Standards, in that the client application sends an Abort Transaction event to cancel a transaction, whereas in the latter case, the server sends a Transaction Terminated event if it encounters an error.
Result Codes
errAEEventFailed –10000 The Apple event handler failed when attempting to handle the Apple event.
errAENoSuchTransaction -10012 The specified transaction is not a valid transaction; the transaction may never have begun, or it may have been terminated.Begin Transaction—begin a transaction thread and optionally associate it with an existing session
The Begin Transaction Apple event is an extension of the Begin Transaction event of the Miscellaneous Standards. The Begin Transaction Apple event is used to initiate a transaction and return a transaction ID for subsequent events in the transaction. In the Database suite, this Apple event is extended to provide a way to associate a transaction thread (a series of events that occur under the auspices of a single transaction) with an existing session. The cSession object, the direct parameter to the Begin Transaction Apple event, is optional and may not be required even where sessions are being used. The client application may be allowed to open a transaction without any session object. In such cases, the server uses guest privileges for the transaction. The direct parameter is optional as some applications may not require sessions. On servers that do require sessions, this parameter is required for a transaction to be initiated.
Event Class kAEMiscStandards
Event ID kAEBeginTransaction
Parameters
keyDirectObject
Description: The session with which to associate
this transaction
Descriptor Type: typeObjectSpecifier
Required or Optional? Optional
Reply Parameters
keyAEResult
Description: The transaction ID
Descriptor Type: typeLongInteger
Required or Optional? Required
keyErrorNumber
Description: The result code for the event
Descriptor Type: typeLongInteger
Required or Optional? Optional (The absence of a keyErrorNumber parameter in the reply indicates that the event was handled successfully.)
keyErrorString
Description: A character string that describes the error, if any, that occurred when the event was handled
Descriptor Type: typeIntlText
Required or Optional? Optional
Result Codes
errAEEventFailed –10000 The Apple event handler failed when attempting to handle the Apple event.
errAEInTransaction –10011 Could not handle this Apple event because it is not part of the current transaction.
errAENoSuchTransaction –10012 The specified transaction is not a valid transaction; the transaction may never have begun, or it may have been terminated.
Notes Some applications may wish to allow nested transactions. A nested transaction is a new transaction within the context of another existing transaction. Although nested transactions are allowed, they are not required. Nested transactions allow multiple levels of commit and rollback to occur. If an application does not support nested transactions it may return an errAEInTransaction error if a Begin Transaction event occurs during another transaction. Initial Begin Transaction events use a transaction ID of kAnyTransaction, whereas nested Begin Transaction events use their enclosing transaction’s ID.
Group—summarize a table
The Group Apple event is used to create a table of summary rows by using data from an existing table. These summary rows are computed based on the columns specified: for every column in the direct object, all rows are grouped by value, and a summary row is produced for each row with a distinct value. Rows with identical values are summarized by using the function specified on the specified group columns. Functions are listed in the constants section. Either or both of the group columns and functions may be a list. If there is a list of columns and a single function, then the function applies to all the columns. If there are multiple functions, then there must be only one function for every column listed. This makes it possible to summarize multiple columns with one Apple event.
Event Class kAEDatabase
Event ID kAEGroup
Parameters
keyDirectObject
Description: The columns to use in generating a new table of summary rows
Descriptor Type: typeObjectSpecifier
Required or Optional? Required
keyAEGroupColumns
Description: The columns to summarize (may be a list)
Descriptor Type: typeObjectSpecifier
Required or Optional? Required
keyAEGroupFunctions
Description: The functions with which to summarize (may be a list). The following group functions are available: kAverage, kCount, kMaximum, kMean, kMinimum, kStdDev, and kSum.
Descriptor Type: typeEnumeration
Required or Optional? Required
keyAEInsertHere
Description: The destination summary table
Descriptor Type: typeInsertionLoc
Required or Optional? Optional
Reply Parameters
keyAEResult
Description: The summary table (if not specified)
Descriptor Type: typeObjectSpecifier
Required or Optional? Optional
keyErrorNumber
Description: The result code for the event
Descriptor Type: typeLongInteger
Required or Optional? Optional (The absence of a keyErrorNumber parameter in the reply indicates that the event was handled successfully.)
Notes The destination table is optional and should be created and returned as the direct object if not specified. The keyAEInsertHere specifies where to put the newly created rows.
Since the functions are specified by a four character code, both the client application and the server must have a list of common functions to specify. There is no provision for textual functions or for code resources since this is intended to be platform independent. Instead, the table of common functions should be extended.
Result Codes
errAEEventFailed –10000 The Apple event handler failed when attempting to handle the Apple event.
errAENoSuchGroupFunction –10018 The keyAEGroupFunctions parameter is not a known value.
Sort—order an object by one or more of its elements
The Sort Apple event is used to order an object by one or more of its elements. For example, a client application may wish to sort a table based on one of its columns or a selection of rows based on a cell or column. The sort type indicates the way by which to sort, such as ascending or descending order. The element by which to sort may be a list of items; in this case, the first element of the list is the most significant item on which to sort, and each subsequent item is a less significant item. Applications which do not support multiple item sorts can either perform multiple sorts in response to this event or simply ignore all but the first sort element in the keyAESortElement list.
Event Class kAEDatabase
Event ID kAESort
Parameters
keyDirectObject
Description: The object to sort. (The value must be one of the following: cTable, cRowSelection, or a list of cRows.)
Descriptor Type: typeObjectSpecifier
Required or Optional? Required
keyAESortElement
Description: The columns by which to sort (may be a list)
Descriptor Type: typeObjectSpecifier
Required or Optional? Required
keyAESortType
Description: Sort type (may be a list)
Descriptor Type: typeShortInteger
Required or Optional? Optional
Reply Parameters None
Notes If keyAESortElement is an optional parameter, then the client application can instruct server applications to unsort a sorted table by omitting or sending a null parameter. The keyAESortType parameter would be ignored in this case. If the keyAESortElement is a list, and the keyAESortType is a scalar, then the sort type specified is used for all fields that are to be sorted.
If there is a list of sort types specified as keyAESortType, then there must be a matching list in the parameter keyAESortElement and each sort element must be sorted by the corresponding sort type. The default sort should be an ascending textual sort.
Result Codes
errAEEventFailed –10000 The Apple event handler failed when attempting to handle the Apple event.
errAENoSuchSortType –10017 The keyAESortType parameter is not a known value.
Object classes defined in the Database suite
The Apple event object classes defined in the Database suite are described in the following sections. Table 2 lists these object classes.
n Table 2 Apple event object classes defined in the Database suite
Figure 1 illustrates the inheritance hierarchy for the object classes defined in the Database suite. Listed for each object class are the properties, element classes, and Apple events that have not been inherited from object classes higher in the inheritance hierarchy.
n Figure 1 Object inheritance hierarchy for the Database suite
Cell—a cell from a table
The cCell object class is the class for atomic data in a DBMS. It is an extension of the cCell object class defined in the Table suite. The intersection of a row and a column is called a cell. The data contained in a cell is called atomic data. The contents of a cell may be of any data type, however all cells in one column typically have the same data type. This data type can be accessed through the pDefaultType property and can be returned as cText by a coercion handler.
Superclass cObject (Core suite)
Default Descriptor
Type
typeCell
Properties
pBestType
Description: The descriptor type that can contain the most information from objects of this object class
Object Class ID: cType
Inherited? Yes, from cObject
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pClass
Description: The four-character class ID for the object class
Object Class ID: cType
Inherited? Yes, from cObject
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pDefaultType
Description: The default descriptor type for the object class
Object Class ID: cType
Inherited? Yes, from cObject
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pFormula
Description: The formula for the cell (inherits or overrides the column's formula, if any)
Object Class ID: cText
Inherited? No
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Modifiable
pLock
Description: The lock status of the object in the current transaction (The value must be one of the following: kExclusiveLock, kNoLock, or kSharedLock.)
Object Class ID: enumLockTypes
Inherited? No
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Modifiable
pName
Description: The name of the cell
Object Class ID: cText
Inherited? No
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Modifiable
pProtection
Description: Specifies whether the elements or pFormula property of the cell can be changed (The value must be one of the following: kAEFormulaProtect, kAEReadOnly, or kAEReadWrite.)
Object Class ID: enumProtection
Inherited? No
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Modifiable
pRepeatSize
Description: Indicates the actual number of values for the particular cell
Object Class ID: cLongInteger
Inherited? No
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pValue
Description: The data in the cell
Object Class ID: cText
Inherited? No
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Modifiable
Element Classes None
Apple Events Apple events from the Core suite:
Do Objects Exist Inherited from cObject
Get Data Inherited from cObject
Get Data Size Inherited from cObject
Set Data Inherited from cObject
Notes The actual number of values for a particular cell is indicated by the pRepeatSize property of cCell, while the pValue property contains a list of values for that cell. The pRepeatSize property reports the number of items in a list, while the pDefaultType property reports the type of elements in the list.
Locking is used by a database in order to prevent two or more client applications from making simultaneous changes to stored data. Locking requires a client application to obtain an exclusive lock on a piece of data before being allowed to modify it. A client application can also request a shared lock in order to prevent other users from obtaining an exclusive lock. A shared lock does not allow the requesting client application to modify the data. For example, suppose one client application wants to run a report which requires each row to be read exactly once, in the order of a particular column. The client application can request a shared lock on the table object that will prevent any exclusive locks from being granted on the table object or any other objects contained in the table. A lock always applies to the locked object and to any objects contained in the locked object. Linkset tables that are contained in a row are an exception to this. (Refer to the section describing the cRow object class for the definition of linkset.)
Locking a row should not lock every linked row, rather it should lock only the cells in the row. Once the table is locked, the client application can begin reading the rows with the assurance that no other client application will delete, or modify the rows in the table.
The usual procedure is to lock a row before reading or updating it. If required, a client application can also lock individual cells, columns, whole tables, or databases. If a user is browsing through records, the client application can obtain a shared lock on the record that is being browsed and later upgrade the lock status to exclusive when the user decides to edit the record. To lock an object the client application simply sets the pLock property of the object.
Timeout or deadlock errors may be returned in response to a request to lock an object. A deadlock occurs when two users try to lock the same two objects in the reverse order. For example, if user A locks object A and user B locks object B, it would not be possible for user A to lock object B because it was already locked by user B. It follows that user B will also encounter the same problem if it attempts to lock object A. The server resolves this problem by detecting the deadlock at the point where the last lock was requested.
A timeout error occurs whenever a lock request issued by a client application is not used or referenced by the client application within a certain time frame. This causes the server to give up on the client application and issue a timeout error. Timing out a lock request has its own drawback. If the timeout is too short, the client application may just retry the lock request. This in turn may prevent the server from seeing the deadlock, because the cycle is always one request short. Because of this, database applications are encouraged to abort a transaction whenever a lock request is canceled. For example, when a Set Data Apple event is performed on a locked property, it could result in a request that returns an error message. In such a case, the application should abort the transaction and start over.
Client applications cannot see the locked status obtained by other client applications. This is to discourage client applications from implementing their own polling mechanism for obtaining locks, such as polling until the status becomes kNoLock. This is not allowed because the server must maintain a complete list of pending lock requests in order to detect any deadlocks.
On the other hand, a client application can read the pLock property of an object to find out the locked status of that object with respect to a particular client application or transaction. Only locks that were set by the client application are revealed; otherwise kNoLock is returned.
Locks are used during transactions that operate on the data stored in a database. Since the data must be locked before it is changed, locks are usually obtained in the context of a transaction. If a lock is obtained in the context of a transaction, the server will normally require that the locks be retained until the transaction either ends normally or aborts. Thus, any attempt to release a lock by setting the pLock property to kNoLock will be ignored without returning an error. Furthermore, when the transaction ends or is aborted, the server will automatically release all locks obtained during the transaction.
If a lock is obtained outside the context of any transaction, the lock must be released by setting pLock to kNoLock.
The possible error conditions are:
n errAEDeadLock - a deadlock was detected. The transaction is aborted.
n errAELockRequestTimeout - a lock request timed out. The transaction is aborted.
n errAELockRequestTimeout - should be returned if a transaction remains inactive for a long period of time without any pending lock request, as in the case of the client application that has failed to continue the transaction, and no possible deadlocks exist. A well designed server would return this error only if the inactive transaction is blocking a lock request from an active transaction. This is a good approach for handling deadlocks that are not detected properly by the server, such as situations where the client applications are polling database attributes on their own.
Column—a column of cells from a table
The cColumn object class is the class for the representation of a single column in a table.
Superclass cObject (Core suite)
Default Descriptor
Type
typeColumn
Properties
pAccess
Description: Access privileges. (The value must be one of the following or an additive combination of: kCreateAccess, kDeleteAccess, kReadAccess, kUpdateAccess, or kWriteAccess.)
Object Class ID: enumAccess
Inherited? No
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pBestType
Description: The descriptor type that can contain the most information from objects of this object class
Object Class ID: cType
Inherited? Yes, from cObject
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pClass
Description: The four-character class ID for the object class
Object Class ID: cType
Inherited? Yes, from cObject
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pDefaultType
Description: The default descriptor type for the object class
Object Class ID: cType
Inherited? Yes, from cObject
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pFormula
Description: The formula for the cell (inherits or overrides the column's formula, if any)
Object Class ID: cText
Inherited? No
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Modifiable
pLock
Description: The lock status of the object in the current transaction. (The value must be one of the following: kExclusiveLock, kNoLock, or kSharedLock.)
Object Class ID: enumLockTypes
Inherited? No
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Modifiable
pName
Description: The name of the column
Object Class ID: cText
Inherited? No
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Modifiable
pNullsOk
Description: Indicates whether nulls are allowed in the column
Object Class ID: cBoolean
Inherited? No
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pProtection
Description: Specifies whether the elements or pFormula property of the cell can be changed. (The value must be one of the following: kAEFormulaProtect, kAEReadOnly, or kAEReadWrite.)
Object Class ID: enumProtection
Inherited? No
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Modifiable
pRepeating
Description: Indicates whether it is a repeating column. (The value must be one of the following: kAEFixedRepeat, kAESingleValued, or kAEVariableRepeat.)
Object Class ID: enumRepeatValues
Inherited? No
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pRepeatSize
Description: Specifies the maximum number of values that can be stored in each cell of a column. For fixed repeat columns, this property indicates the number of values that can be stored in each cell of a column, whereas, for variable repeat columns, it indicates the maximum possible number of values that can be stored in a column.
Object Class ID: cLongInteger
Inherited? No
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pUniqueValue
Description: Indicates whether the values in this column have to be unique
Notes A column may be specified as a repeating column, a grouped column, or a repeating grouped column. A repeating column is a column that can contain a list of values instead of a single value. There are three types of repeating columns: kAESingleValued, which is a single number; kAEFixedRepeat, which is a column with the same number of values in each cell; and kAEVariableRepeat which is a column where each cell can have a different number of values. A grouped column contains no data itself but contains a number of other columns. A repeating grouped column contains a list of values for a number of other columns.
Database—a database
The cDatabase object class is the class for database tables, each of which contains rows
and columns.
Superclass cObject (Core suite)
Default Descriptor
Type
typeAEDescList
Properties
pAccess
Description: Access privileges. (The value must either be one of the following or an additive combination of: kCreateAccess, kDeleteAccess, kReadAccess, kUpdateAccess, or kWriteAccess.)
Object Class ID: enumAccess
Inherited? No
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pBestType
Description: The descriptor type that can contain the most information from objects of this object class
Object Class ID: cType
Inherited? Yes, from cObject
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pClass
Description: The four-character class ID for the object class
Object Class ID: cType
Inherited? Yes, from cObject
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pDefaultType
Description: The default descriptor type for the object class
Object Class ID: cType
Inherited? Yes, from cObject
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pLock
Description: The lock status of the object in the current transaction. (The value must be one of the following: kExclusiveLock, kNoLock, or kSharedLock.)
Notes The Get Class Info Apple event should be sent to determine if a database needs a session. If the database can contain a session but none are present, then the client application must create a session with the Create Element Apple event. If the database needs a different session than its containing DBMS, then it should require a new cSession object; otherwise one should not be listed in Get Class Info. If the database cannot contain a session object, then no session is necessary to use the database.
DBMS—a database management system
The cDBMS object class is the class for a particular brand of database management system.
Superclass cObject (Core suite)
Default Descriptor
Type
typeAEDescList
Properties
pBestType
Description: The descriptor type that can contain the most information from objects of this object class
Object Class ID: cType
Inherited? Yes, from cObject
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pClass
Description: The four-character class ID for the object class
Object Class ID: cType
Inherited? Yes, from cObject
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pDefaultType
Description: The default descriptor type for the object class
Notes Some DBMS brands do not require any specific connection and can use the cSession information from their cHost object if desired. Other DBMS brands may require the user to log in. Determine this with a Get Class Info event on the cHost object. If cSession is present, then send a Create Element event with a cSession object containing user name information. Once a DBMS is selected, the databases accessible by that DBMS brand can be selected.
Some servers may not require a DBMS brand to be selected. If a server contains no DBMSs, the container for the database may be specified as the host or NULL if there are no hosts. If a server contains only one DBMS brand, then that DBMS should be specified as the container for any databases.
Host—a network host containing a DBMS or database
The cHost object class is the class for a computer that runs one or more DBMS brands. If the DBMS is being accessed over a network, the server becomes the network host.
Superclass cObject (Core suite)
Default Descriptor
Type
typeAEDescList
Properties
pBestType
Description: The descriptor type that can contain the most information from objects of this object class
Object Class ID: cType
Inherited? Yes, from cObject
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pClass
Description: The four-character class ID for the object class
Object Class ID: cType
Inherited? Yes, from cObject
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pDefaultType
Description: The default descriptor type for the object class
Notes Some hosts do not require any specific connection. Other hosts may require the user to log in. Determine this with the Get Class Info event on the cHost object. If cSession is present, send a Create Element event with a cSession object containing user name information. Once a host is selected, the DBMS brands or databases contained within that host can be selected.
Some servers may not require a host to be selected. If a server contains no hosts, the container for a DBMS may be specified as NULL. If a server contains only one host, then that host should be specified as the container for any DBMS.
Some servers may not require a DBMS brand to be selected. If a server contains no DBMSs, the container for a database may be specified as the host or NULL if there are no hosts.
Key—an indexed column
The cKey object class is the class for a collection of indexed columns that can be searched or sorted faster than regular columns.
Superclass cObject (Core suite)
Default Descriptor
Type
typeKey
Properties
pBestType
Description: The descriptor type that can contain the most information from objects of this object class
Object Class ID: cType
Inherited? Yes, from cObject
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pClass
Description: The four-character class ID for the object class
Object Class ID: cType
Inherited? Yes, from cObject
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pCurrentSort
Description: Sort type constant
Object Class ID: cShortInteger
Inherited? No
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pDefaultType
Description: The default descriptor type for the object class
Object Class ID: cType
Inherited? Yes, from cObject
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pName
Description: The name of the key
Object Class ID: cText
Inherited? No
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Modifiable
pPrimaryKey
Description: Indicates that this key is the primary key for a table. There are no requirements for a primary key to exist, but for any table only one primary key may exist. If pPrimaryKey is TRUE, then the key should also be unique with pUniqueValue as TRUE.
Object Class ID: cBoolean
Inherited? No
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pUniqueValue
Description: Indicates if the key is guaranteed to be unique for every row in the table. If pUniqueValue is TRUE, then any attempt to create a new row with duplicate values or to modify an existing row to contain duplicate values will result in an errNotUnique error.
Notes The primary key for a table is a column or a combination of columns that uniquely identifies each row. The primary key is almost always indexed and is the preferred key for relational databases. There may be many different ways by which one can uniquely identify a row, hence there may be many possible candidates for the primary key. However, only one key can be the primary key. If more than one key satisfies the uniqueness requirement for a table, then the server must make an arbitrary decision as to which key will be the primary key.
Databases that do not support key fields should simply return a value equivalent to zero for the number of keys in a table and fail when asked to create keys. Since a key can contain multiple columns, this is the way to specify concatenated keys. The column elements should appear in their order of importance. The pCurrentSort property should contain the same constant used in the Sort event.
Row—a row of cells from a table
The cRow object class is the class for a single record in a table.
Superclass cObject (Core suite)
Default Descriptor
Type
typeRow
Properties
pAccess
Description: Access privileges. (The value must be one of the following or an additive combination of: kCreateAccess, kDeleteAccess, kReadAccess, kUpdateAccess, or kWriteAccess.)
Object Class ID: enumAccess
Inherited? No
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pBestType
Description: The descriptor type that can contain the most information from objects of this object class
Object Class ID: cType
Inherited? Yes, from cObject
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pClass
Description: The four-character class ID for the object class
Object Class ID: cType
Inherited? Yes, from cObject
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pDefaultType
Description: The default descriptor type for the object class
Object Class ID: cType
Inherited? Yes, from cObject
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pID
Description: A unique ID for this row. Internally the ID property can be of any desired type. The Object Class ID is listed as cText so that the ID can be handled by scripting systems. Most of the common ID types should be easily coerced to and from text.
Object Class ID: cText
Inherited? No
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pLock
Description: The lock status of the object in the current transaction. (The value must be one of the following: kExclusiveLock, kNoLock, or kSharedLock.)
Object Class ID: enumLockTypes
Inherited? No
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Modifiable
pName
Description: The name of the row
Object Class ID: cText
Inherited? No
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Modifiable
pProtection
Description: Specifies whether the elements or pFormula property of the cell can be changed. (The value must be one of the following: kAEFormulaProtect, kAEReadOnly, or kAEReadWrite.)
Notes Each row of a table is structured identically, except that variable repeating columns can have a different repeat value for each row. Rows may contain a table of other rows, representing child rows linked to a parent row. However, the name of the cTable object contained in a cRow object is the same as the name of the linkset and not the name of the child row’s container.
A linkset is an abstract concept that can be defined as a single parent row with zero or more related child rows. To understand the concept of linksets, consider the example of a customer-invoice relational database that consists of an invoices table and a customer table. The customer table has a primary “customer account,” and the invoice table has a column that refers to the customer by his or her account. To relate an invoice and a customer, the database stores the customer’s account number in the customer account column of the invoice row. Whenever data is to be accessed, the database can easily locate the customer row by using the customer account number. Each customer record will “own” a linkset, where the child records in each linkset are those records that are related to the particular parent record.
In the case of a network database, records are related through explicit operations that add or remove child records from a parent record. These operations do not create or delete any records, instead, they maintain the relationships between the records. The implementation may be a linked list of child records. In the case of the customer-invoice database, each child record invoice has a reference to the next and previous child record in addition to the parent record.
A relational database can map linksets by performing a search operation to find all of the child rows. Note that in a relational database the “linking” field is usually indexed. The customer account field in the invoices table is indexed in order to allow fast retrieval of all invoices related to a particular customer. A network database will simply map the existing sets to the linkset objects.
Linksets are easily mapped into the Database suite by allowing the parent row to contain a table object, which in turn contains each child row. The name of the table is taken from the linkset name, which in turn is taken from the naming convention in a particular database.
Some relational databases will not explicitly identify where the relationship exists. These databases have no linksets and relationships are defined by the users of the database performing explicit find operations, which can also be executed through the Apple event interface.
RowSelection—a saved selection of rows
The cRowSelection object class is the class that represents an arbitrary selection of rows in a DBMS. Since some selections may be difficult or time consuming to collect, this object is intended as a way to save arbitrary collections of rows.
Superclass cTable (Database suite)
Default Descriptor
Type
typeRowSelection
Properties
pAccess
Description: Access privileges. (The value must be one of the following or an additive combination of: kCreateAccess, kDeleteAccess, kReadAccess, kUpdateAccess, or kWriteAccess.)
Object Class ID: enumAccess
Inherited? Yes
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pBestType
Description: The descriptor type that can contain the most information from objects of this object class
Object Class ID: cType
Inherited? Yes, from cObject
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pClass
Description: The four-character class ID for the object class
Object Class ID: cType
Inherited? Yes, from cObject
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pDefaultType
Description: The default descriptor type for the object class
Object Class ID: cType
Inherited? Yes, from cObject
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pKind
Description: Defines the property as a cursor, linkset, table, or view. (The value must be one of the following: kCursor, kLinkset, kTable, or kView.)
Object Class ID: enumTableTypes
Inherited? Yes
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pLock
Description: The lock status of the object in the current transaction. (The value must be one of the following: kExclusiveLock, kNoLock, or kSharedLock.)
Object Class ID: enumLockTypes
Inherited? No
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Modifiable
pName
Description: The name of the table
Object Class ID: cText
Inherited? No
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Modifiable
pProtection
Description: Specifies whether the elements or pFormula property of the cell can be changed. (The value must be one of the following: kAEFormulaProtect, kAEReadOnly, or kAEReadWrite.)
Object Class ID: enumProtection
Inherited? Yes
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Modifiable
pRowIDs
Description: A list of row IDs for the rows in this selection
Notes To create a cRowSelection object, use a Create Element event with keyAEData parameter being typeRowSelection. The typeRowSelection parameter contains an object specifier that resolves to a set of rows. Once created, a cRowSelection object can be used as a reference to the rows without the tests that were required in the original object specification.
Selections consist of rows in the form of a table. The selection object can be a list of row IDs that are used to reference the actual rows in their original locations. The selection object can also be used as if it were a table. Although the actual implementation is up to the server, a selection should be similar to a table made up of the rows named in the pRowIDs property when the elements are referenced.
A selection should also be able to return a list of row IDs when
asked for the pRowIDs property.
Session—an active session connected to a host, DBMS, or database
The cSession object class is the class that describes the user of the host, DBMS, or database. It contains access information, such as the user name, account, and the password used to access the object. It uses a value of type boolean (TRUE/FALSE) to determine whether the session is conducted as an unauthenticated guest or through the user information. The session ID is a unique session identifier.
Superclass cObject (Core suite)
Default Descriptor
Type
typeSession
Properties
pAccount
Description: An optional account number
Object Class ID: cText
Inherited? No
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Modifiable
pBestType
Description: The descriptor type that can contain the most information from objects of this object class
Object Class ID: cType
Inherited? Yes, from cObject
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pClass
Description: The four-character class ID for the object class
Object Class ID: cType
Inherited? Yes, from cObject
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pDefaultType
Description: The default descriptor type for the object class
Object Class ID: cType
Inherited? Yes, from cObject
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pGuest
Description: Whether the user name and account is used to log in or whether the user is signed in at the default guest level
Object Class ID: cBoolean
Inherited? No
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Modifiable
pID
Description: A unique ID for this session. Internally the ID property can be of any desired type. The Object Class ID is listed as cText so that the ID can be handled by scripting systems. Most of the common ID types should be easily coerced to and from text.
Object Class ID: cText
Inherited? No
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pOpenTransaction
Description: Current transaction(s) list
Object Class ID: cLongInteger
Inherited? No
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pPassword
Description: The password supplied to authenticate this session
Object Class ID: cText
Inherited? No
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Modifiable
pUser
Description: The user name used to access the DB
Object Class ID: cText
Inherited? No
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
Element Classes None
Apple Events Apple events from the Core suite:
Count Elements Inherited from cObject
Create Element Inherited from cObject
Delete Inherited from cObject
Do Objects Exist Inherited from cObject
Get Class Info Inherited from cObject
Get Data Inherited from cObject
Get Data Size Inherited from cObject
Set Data Inherited from cObject
Apple events from the Database suite:
Begin Transaction Not inherited
Notes One way to reference a session is to use the Begin Transaction event with a session specifier. A session’s pOpenTransaction property is undefined until the session object is specified in the Begin Transaction event. The transaction ID is returned by the Begin Transaction event. Since sessions are used for authentication, it does not make sense for a server to allow read access to its data. This means that any request for session properties should return an error. The server may allow writing to the properties if session information can be changed; otherwise, they should only be specified when the session is created.
Every event in a transaction can be authenticated easily without the overhead of a specific session reference. However, there are certain situations that require a session for a specific event that is not part of a transaction. These situations require a session parameter to be added to an arbitrary event. This parameter should be:
keyAESession
Description: A session reference for authentication
Descriptor Type: typeObjectSpecifier
Required or Optional? Optional
If you want these events to be parsed by a scripting system, you must add this parameter to the application for each event on which you use it. This may require you to replicate the entire Core suite, or whatever parts of it you add this parameter to, in your private application; this is why the transaction method is preferred.
Sessions are opened upon creation of the cSession object with the Create Element event. The initial values are provided in the Create Element event’s typeSession record, but they may be rejected based on the server’s verification process. If the values are rejected, then the session is not created, and the Create Element event returns an error through the keyErrorString parameter. If the Create Element event succeeds, then the returned object specifier can be saved and used for future references to this session.
Some objects may not require a session element. Use the Get Class Info event or an object that has a cSession element to see if it actually requires one. If it does, you must create the session object with Create Element before using the object. All of the properties of a session are optional, depending on the server’s needs. A Get Class Info event should always be sent to determine what information is necessary to validate a session. Sessions may vary from object to object; a cHost session may be different than a cDatabase session.
If a session parameter is expected on any event but not present, the server should attempt to treat the request as a Guest access with the corresponding public privileges if available. Guest sessions can also be requested explicitly by creating a session with the pGuest property initialized to TRUE. The server must return errAEPrivilegeError in the reply keyword keyErrorNumber and a message in the keyErrorString keyword if Guest sessions are not allowed or if any specified session data is invalid.
The session ID property is documented as text since any ID should be representable as text. A server can use any data type for the session ID since the server is typically the only one referencing it. All client applications should use the object reference to the session that is returned by Create Element to refer to the session. Although this is a simple object specifier referring to the session by ID, it is opaque to a client application. A client application only sees an arbitrary object specifier.
Table—a table of rows, columns, and cells from a database
The cTable object class is the class for tables. A table is a collection of rows and columns
in a database.
Superclass cObject (Core suite)
Default Descriptor
Type
typeTable
Properties
pAccess
Description: Access privileges. (The value must be one of the following or an additive combination of: kCreateAccess, kDeleteAccess, kReadAccess, kUpdateAccess, or kWriteAccess.)
Object Class ID: enumAccess
Inherited? No
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pBestType
Description: The descriptor type that can contain the most information from objects of this object class
Object Class ID: cType
Inherited? Yes, from cObject
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pClass
Description: The four-character class ID for the object class
Object Class ID: cType
Inherited? Yes, from cObject
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pDefaultType
Description: The default descriptor type for the object class
Object Class ID: cType
Inherited? Yes, from cObject
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pKind
Description: Defines the property as a cursor, linkset, table, or view. (The value must be one of the following: kCursor, kLinkset, kTable, or kView.)
Object Class ID: enumTableTypes
Inherited? No
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Non-modifiable
pLock
Description: The lock status of the object in the current transaction. (The value must be one of the following: kExclusiveLock, kNoLock, or kSharedLock.)
Object Class ID: enumLockTypes
Inherited? No
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Modifiable
pName
Description: The name of the table
Object Class ID: cText
Inherited? No
Modifiable or
Non-modifiable? Modifiable
pProtection
Description: Specifies whether the elements or pFormula property of the cell can be changed. (The value must be one of the following: kAEFormulaProtect, kAEReadOnly, or kAEReadWrite.)
The descriptor types defined in the Database suite are described in the following sections. Table 3 lists these descriptor types.
n Table 3 Descriptor types defined in the Database suite
Descriptor type Description
typeCell A cell object
typeColumn A column object
typeKey A key fields object
typeRow A row object
typeRowSelection A row selection object
typeSession A session object
typeTable A table object
typeCell—a cell object
A typeCell descriptor record contains data to create or retrieve a cCell object.
Description To create a typeCell descriptor record, you coerce an Apple event record containing the following fields into the equivalent typeCell descriptor record.
Keyword Descriptor type Description
keyAEData typeAEList A list of values in the cell with the format described by keyAEDefaultType
keyAEDefaultType typeType The default data type
keyAEFormula typeChar The cell’s formula
keyAEName typeChar The name of the cell
keyAEProtection typeEnumeration The formula’s protection
keyAERepeatSize typeLongInteger The number of values in keyAEData list
Note that the Apple Event Manager can coerce any Apple event record into any other descriptor type. A special coercion handler is
not required.
Data Size Variable
typeColumn—a column object
A typeColumn descriptor record contains the data needed to create or retrieve a cColumn object.
Description To create a typeColumn descriptor record, you coerce an Apple event record containing the following fields into the equivalent typeColumn descriptor record.
Keyword Descriptor type Description
keyAEAccess typeEnumeration Access privileges
keyAECellList typeAEList The column values and formulas as a list of typeCell descriptors
keyAEFormula typeChar The formula for the column
keyAEName typeChar The name of this row
keyAENullsOK typeBoolean Indicates whether Nulls are allowed
keyAEProtection typeEnumeration The formula privileges
keyAERepeating typeEnumeration Indicates whether it is a repeating column. (kAEFixedRepeat, kAESingleValued, or kAEVariableRepeat.)
keyAERepeatSize typeLongInteger Number of times to repeat
keyAEUniqueValue typeBoolean Indicates whether values in this column have to be unique
Note that the Apple Event Manager can coerce any Apple event record into any other descriptor type. A special coercion handler is
not required.
Data Size Variable
typeKey—a key fields object
A typeKey descriptor record contains the data to create or retrieve a cKey object.
Description To create a typeKey descriptor record, you coerce an Apple event record containing the following fields into the equivalent typeKey descriptor record.
Keyword Descriptor type Description
keyAEColumnList typeAEList A list of column object specifiers
keyAECurrentSort typeShortInteger The current sort constants
keyAEName typeChar The name of the key
keyAEPrimaryKey typeBoolean Indicates whether the key is the primary key
keyAEUniqueValue typeBoolean Indicates whether the key is unique
Note that the Apple Event Manager can coerce any Apple event record into any other descriptor type. A special coercion handler is
not required.
Data Size Variable
typeRow—a row object
A typeRow descriptor record contains data to create or retrieve a cRow object class.
Description To create a typeRow descriptor record, you coerce an Apple event record containing the following fields into the equivalent typeRow descriptor record.
Keyword Descriptor type Description
keyAEAccess typeEnumeration The access privileges
keyAECellList typeAEList The row values and formulas as a list of typeCell descriptors
keyAEID typeChar The permanent ID number for this row
keyAEName typeChar The name of this row
keyAEProtection typeEnumeration The formula privileges
Note that the Apple Event Manager can coerce any Apple event record into any other descriptor type. A special coercion handler is
not required.
Data Size Variable
typeRowSelection—a row selection object
A typeRowSelection descriptor record contains the data to create or retrieve a cSession object. Information about existing sessions cannot be obtained from a typeRowSelection descriptor record.
Description To create a typeRowSelection descriptor record, you coerce an Apple event record containing the following fields into the equivalent typeRowSelection descriptor record.
Keyword Descriptor type Description
keyAEAccess typeEnumeration The access privileges
keyAEData typeObjectSpecifier An object specifier that resolves to a set of rows to be referenced in this row selection
keyAEKind typeEnumeration The kind of table
keyAEName typeChar The name of this row selection
keyAEProtection typeEnumeration The table’s protection value
Note that the Apple Event Manager can coerce any Apple event record into any other descriptor type. A special coercion handler is
not required.
Data Size Variable
typeSession—a session object
A typeSession descriptor record contains the data necessary to create a cSession object. Note that information about existing sessions cannot be obtained.
Description To create a typeSession descriptor record, you coerce an Apple event record containing the following fields into the equivalent typeSession descriptor record.
Keyword Descriptor type Description
keyAEAccount typeChar An optional account name or number for login verification
keyAEGuest typeBoolean Whether or not to validate the session at the default guest level
keyAEPassword typeChar The session password
keyAEUser typeChar The user name to access this object’s container
Note that the Apple Event Manager can coerce any Apple event record into any other descriptor type. A special coercion handler is not required.
Data Size Variable
Notes The keyAEGuest field is used to determine if the user, account, and password fields are required. If keyAEGuest is TRUE, then they are not used and do not need to be included or referenced. The session should be validated at whatever the default guest access level is. If keyAEGuest is false, then the fields keyAEUser and keyAEPassword (and optionally keyAEAccount) should be used for session verification.
The keyAEAccount field is an optional field typically used for logging onto mainframes. It can be omitted if it is not needed.
The keyAEPassword field is a password that is used to verify the session. If the password does not match the password on the server for that particular user, then the session creation should fail.
typeTable—a table object
A typeTable descriptor record contains data to create or retrieve a cTable object.
Description To create a typeTable descriptor record, you coerce an Apple event record containing the following fields into the equivalent typeTable descriptor record.
Keyword Descriptor type Description
keyAEAccess typeEnumeration The access privileges
keyAEColumns typeAEList A list of typeColumn descriptors
keyAEData typeAEList The data in the table as a list of rows, with each row as a list of typeCell descriptors
keyAEKind typeEnumeration The kind of table
keyAEName typeChar The name of this table
keyAEProtection typeEnumeration The table’s protection value
keyAERowList typeAEList A list of typeRow descriptors
Note that the Apple Event Manager can coerce any Apple event record into any other descriptor type. A special coercion handler is
not required.
Data Size Variable
Notes The keyAERowList and keyAEColumns descriptors should not include the keyAEData keyword. The keyAEData keyword should only appear in the typeTable descriptor, and the data should be a list of lists. Each element in the list is a row, and that row is a list
of typeCell descriptors containing only the unique information for that cell.
Key forms defined in the Database suite
Table 4 lists the key forms defined in the Database suite. The italicized words in each example correspond to the key (the portion of the object specifier record that distinguishes an object from other objects of the same class in the same container). For more information about keys and key forms, see the Apple Event Manager chapter of Inside Macintosh: Interapplication Communication.
n Table 4 Key forms defined in the Database suite
Key form constant Description
formAbsolutePosition Specifies the position of an element in relation to the beginning or end of its container (for example, “word 5 of . . . ”), or specifies one or more elements with a constant defined in the Apple Event Manager chapter of Inside Macintosh: Interapplication Communication, such as kAEFirst (for example, “the first word in paragraph 12 . . . ”) or kAEAll (for example, “all the words in paragraph 12 . . . ”)
formName Specifies an element by its name (for example, “the document named ‘MyDoc’ ”)
formPropertyID Specifies a property of an object by its four-character property ID (for example, “the font of word 1”)
formRange Specifies a list of elements between two other elements (for example, “the words between ‘Wild’ and ‘Zanzibar,’ inclusive”)
formRelativePosition Specifies an element immediately before or after a container (for example, “the next word after the word whose style is bold”)
formTest Specifies one or more elements that pass a test; values of one or more properties or elements are tested (for example, “the first paragraph that is centered and that begins with the word ‘Wild’ ”)
Comparison operators defined in the Database suite
Table 5 lists the comparison operators defined in the Database suite.
n Table 5 Comparison operators defined in the Database suite
Comparison operator
constant Operator Description
kAEBeginsWith 'bgwt' The value of the first operand begins with the value of the second operand (for example, the string “operand” begins with the string “opera”)
kAEContains 'cont' The value of the first operand contains the value of the second operand (for example, the string “operand” contains the string “era”)
kAEEndsWith 'ends' The value of the first operand ends with the value of the second operand (for example, the string “operand” ends with the string “and”)
kAEEquals '= ' The value of the first operand is equal to the value of the second operand
kAEGreaterThan '> ' The value of the first operand is greater than the value of the second operand
kAEGreaterThanEquals '>= ' The value of the first operand is greater than or equal to the value of the second operand
kAELessThan '< ' The value of the first operand is less than the value of the second operand
kAELessThanEquals '<= ' The value of the first operand is less than or equal to the value of the second operand
Constants defined in the Database suite
Table 6 lists the constants defined in the Database suite.
n Table 6 Constants defined in the Database suite (continued)
Constant Value Constant Value
keyAESortElement 'SRTE' pCurrentSort 'pSRT'
keyAESortType 'SRTT' pFormula 'pfor'
keyAEUniqueValue 'pUNQ' pGuest 'pGST'
keyAEUser 'pUSR' pID 'ID '
kLinkset 'LINK' pKind 'pKND'
kMaximum 'MAX ' pLock 'pLCK'
kMean 'MEAN' pNullsOk 'pNLS'
kMinimum 'MIN ' pOpenTransaction 'pTRN'
kNoAccess $0000 pPassword 'pPAS'
kNoLock 'NOLK' pPrimaryKey 'pPKy'
kNumeric $0002 pRepeating 'pRPT'
kReadAccess $0001 pRepeatSize 'pRPS'
kSharedLock 'SHLK' pRowIDs 'pRWS'
kStdDev 'STDV' pUniqueValue 'pUNQ'
kSum 'TOTL' pUser 'pUSR'
kTable 'TABL' pValue 'vlue'
kTextual $0000 typeCell 'ccel'
kUpdateAccess $0004 typeColumn 'ccol'
kView 'VIEW' typeKey 'cKEY'
kWriteAccess $0002 typeRow 'crow'
pAccess 'pACS' typeRowSelection 'crsl'
pAccount 'pACT' typeSession 'cSES'
Index
A
Abort Transaction 2, 4, 5, 6
Apple event constructs 2
Apple events, defined in the Database suite 4–7,
10, 12
B
Begin Transaction 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Begins With comparison operator 60
C
cCell 13, 16, 23, 37, 49
cColumn 13, 21, 24, 34, 42, 50
cDatabase 13, 29, 31
cDBMS 13, 28, 31
cHost 13
cKey 13, 42, 50
Clone 24, 27, 50
cObject 16, 21, 25, 28
comparison operators, defined in the Database suite 60
constants, defined in the Database suite 61-62
Contains comparison operator 60
Core suite transaction
model 2
Count Elements 24, 27, 29, 50
Create Element 4, 27, 50
cRow 36, 42, 50
cRowSelection 14, 40
cSession 6, 7, 14, 26, 29, 31
cSession object 2
cTable 14, 26, 38, 40
cText 16, 28
cType 16, 21, 28
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database management system 2
Database object class 25
Database suite 1-62
Apple events defined in 4-7, 10, 12
comparison operators defined in 60
constants defined in 61-62
descriptor types defined in 51
key forms defined in 59
object classes defined in 13-18, 24, 27, 29, 32, 39, 43, 46
object inheritance hierarchy in 14
Database suite defines Apple events 2
DBMS 2, 16
Delete 24, 27, 50
descriptor types, defined in the Database suite 51
Do Objects Exist 18, 24, 27, 29, 50
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End Transaction 5
Ends With comparison operator 60
enumAccess 21, 25
enumRepeatValues 23
Equal To comparison operator 60
errAEEventFailed 6, 8, 10, 12
errAEEventNotHandled 5
errAEInTransaction 8
errAENoSuchGroupFunction 10
errAENoSuchSortType 12
errAENoSuchTransaction 6, 8
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formAbsolutePosition key form 59
formName key form 59
formPropertyID key form 59
formRange key form 59
formRelativePosition key form 59
formTest key form 59
G, H, I, J
Get Class Info 24, 27, 29, 50
Get Data 4, 18, 24, 27, 29, 50
Get Data Size 3, 18, 24, 27, 29, 50
Greater Than comparison operator 60
Greater Than or Equal To comparison operator 60
Group 4, 24
K, L
kAEAbortTransaction 5
kAEBeginsWith comparison operator 60
kAEBeginTransaction 7
kAEContains comparison operator 60
kAEDatabase 5, 9, 11
kAEEndsWith comparison operator 60
kAEEquals comparison operator 60
kAEFixedRepeat 24
kAEGreaterThan comparison operator 60
kAEGreaterThanEquals comparison operator 60
kAEGroup 9
kAELessThan comparison operator 60
kAELessThanEquals comparison operator 60
kAEMiscStandards 7
kAESingleValued 24
kAEVariableRepeat 24
kCreateAccess 21, 25, 36,
40, 48
key field 3
key forms, defined in the Database suite 59
keyAEAccess 53, 55, 56, 58
keyAEAccount 57
keyAECellList 53, 55
keyAEColumnList 54
keyAEColumns 58
keyAECurrentSort 54
keyAEData 4, 52, 56, 58
keyAEDefaultType 52
keyAEFormula 52, 53
keyAEGroupColumns 9
keyAEGroupFunctions 9, 10
keyAEGuest 57
keyAEID 55
keyAEInsertHere 9, 10
keyAEKind 56, 58
keyAEName 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58
keyAENullsOK 53
keyAEPassword 57
keyAEProtection 52, 53, 55, 56, 58
keyAERepeatSize 52
keyAEResult 10
keyAERowList 58
keyAESession 46
keyAESortElement 11, 12
keyAESortType 11
keyAEUniqueValue 53
keyAEUser 57
keyDirectObject 9, 11
keyErrorNumber 10
kWriteAccess 21, 25, 36,
40, 48
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Move 24, 50
N
NULL 29
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object classes, defined in the Database suite 13-24, 27, 29, 32, 39, 43, 46
object inheritance hierarchy 15
for Database suite 14
object specifiers, key forms for 59
P, Q, R
pAccess 21, 25, 36, 40, 48
pAccount 44
pBestType 16, 21, 25, 28, 30, 33, 36, 40, 44, 48
pClass 16, 21, 25, 28, 30, 33, 36, 40, 44, 48
pCurrentSort 33
pDefaultType 16, 21, 25, 28, 30, 36, 40, 44, 48
pFormula 16, 22
pGuest 45
pID 37, 45
pKind 41, 49
pLock 17, 22, 26, 37, 41, 49
pName 17, 22, 26, 28, 30, 34, 37, 41, 49
pNullsOk 22
pOpenTransaction 45
pPassword 45
pPrimaryKey 34
pProtection 17, 22, 37, 41, 49
pRepeating 23
pRepeatSize 17, 23
pRowIDs 41
pUniqueValue 23, 34
pUser 45
pValue 17
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Set Data 4, 18, 24, 27, 29, 50
Sort 4, 50
T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
the End Transaction 6
transaction ID 5, 7
Transaction Terminated 5, 6
typeAEDescList 25, 28, 30
typeAEList 52, 53, 54, 55, 58
typeBoolean 53, 57
typeCell 16, 51, 52
typeChar 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58
typeColumn 21, 51
typeEnumeration 9, 52, 53, 55, 56, 58
typeInsertionLoc 9
typeIntlText 8
typeKey 33, 51
typeLongInteger 52
typeObjectSpecifier 7, 9, 46, 56
typeRow 51, 55
typeRowSelection 40, 51, 56
typeSession 51
typeShortInteger 54
typeTable 48, 51, 58
typeType 52
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° d ONLN d ò ú §L *,(Introduction to the Database suite / 2 ° d ONLN d 2 • ¨ ±S +
$Overview of the Database suite / 2 ° d ONLN d W ≤ ¨ æ≤ *
9Applications that should support the Database suite / 3 ° d ONLN d ë ø ¨ À• *
8Typical client applications for the Database suite / 3 ° d ONLN d à ¨ ÿ≤ *
:Relationship of the Database suite with other suites / 3 ° d ONLN d Ÿ ¨ Âß *
:Using object specifiers in place of other parameters / 4 ° d ONLN d@ Á ú Ûv ( ∫0Apple events defined in the Database suite / 4 ° d ONLN dq ı ú~ *2Abort Transaction—cancel a series of changes / 5 ° d ONLN d§ ú¥ *;Begin Transaction—begin a transaction thread and optionally ° d ONLN d‡ ∏ o +
+associate it with an existing session / 7 ° d ONLN d ú** (F ∫ Group—summarize a table / 9 ° d ONLN d*, ú8ò *:Sort—order an object by one or more of its elements / 11 ° d ONLN de: úF| *3Object classes defined in the Database suite / 13 ° d ONLN dôH úT+ * cCell—a cell from a table / 16 ° d ONLN d∫V úbi *-cColumn—a column of cells from a table / 21 ° d ONLN dËd úp# *cDatabase—a database / 25 ° d ONLN dr ú~q *)cDBMS—a database management system / 28 ° d ONLN d.Ä úåÆ *9cHost—a network host containing a DBMS or database / 30 ° d ONLN dhé úö* * cKey—an indexed column / 33 ° d ONLN dÜú ú®M *'cRow—a row of cells from a table / 36 ° d ONLN dÆ™ ú∂r *.cRowSelection—a saved selection of rows / 40 ° d ONLN d›∏ úƒù *8cSession—an active session connected to a host, DBMS, or ° d ONLN d≈ ∏— ˝ +
database / 44 ° d ONLN d&” úfl¡ (˚ ∫AcTable—a table of rows, columns, and cells from a database / 48 ° d ONLN dh· úÌä *5Descriptor types defined in the Database suite / 51 ° d ONLN dûÔ ú˚ * typeCell—a cell object / 52 ° d ONLN dº˝ ú : *!typeColumn—a column object / 53 ° d ONLN dfi ú: *"typeKey—a key fields object / 54 ° d ONLN d ú% *typeRow—a row object / 55 ° d ONLN d ' ú3r *.typeRowSelection—a row selection object / 56 ° d ONLN dL5 úA9 *#typeSession—a session object / 57 ° d ONLN dpC úO+ * typeTable—a table object / 58 ° d ONLN dêQ ú]m *.Key forms defined in the Database suite / 59 ° d ONLN dø_ úk¢ *9Comparison operators defined in the Database suite / 60 ° d ONLN d˘m úyk *.Constants defined in the Database suite / 61 (Ò
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° d ONLN d § Ñ ∞ ® *8Figure 1 ° d ONLN d § ¿ ∞ì )<-Object inheritance hierarchy for the Database ° d ONLN d J ≤ ¿ æ Ò * suite / 15 ° d ONLN d W Œ Ñ ⁄ • ( ˆ ¢Table 1 ° d ONLN d _ Œ ¿ ⁄ö )<0Apple events defined in the Database suite / 4 ° d ONLN d ê ‹ Ñ Ë • ( ¢Table 2 ° d ONLN d ò ‹ ¿ ˧ )<2Apple event object classes defined in the Database ° d ONLN d À Í ¿ ˆ Ò * suite / 13 ° d ONLN d ÿ ¯ Ñ • ( ¢Table 3 ° d ONLN d ‡ ¯ ¿Æ )<5Descriptor types defined in the Database suite / 51 ° d ONLN d Ñ • (. ¢Table 4 ° d ONLN d ¿ë )<.Key forms defined in the Database suite / 59 ° d ONLN dM Ñ • (< ¢Table 5 ° d ONLN dU ¿ ì )<,Comparison operators defined in the Database ° d ONLN dÇ" ¿. Ò * suite / 60 ° d ONLN dè0 Ñ< • (X ¢Table 6 ° d ONLN dó0 ¿<è )<.Constants defined in the Database suite / 61 (Ò Niv ˇ ◊# ˇ ˇˇˇˇ # ◊
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° d ONLN d ¨ ú ∏À *@CThe Database suite defines Apple event constructs that are used for ° d ONLN d W ∫ ú Δ— *Acommunicating with database programs and transferring data to and ° d ONLN d ô » ú ‘” *Dfrom a database. This suite should be supported by applications that ° d ONLN d fi ÷ ú ‚y *.work cooperatively with database applications. (‰1 ˇ ◊# ˇ ˇˇˇˇ # ◊
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° d ONLN d∂h >tÉ )Gperforming more complex transactions than required by the Core suite. A ° d ONLN d˛v >Ç q * transaction ° d ONLN d v qÇØ )3H is a series of Apple events that must be processed without interruption ° d ONLN dRÑ >ê ≈ (¨ \ from other Apple events. The ° d ONLN doÑ ≈êE )á Core suite transaction model ° d ONLN dãÑEêã )Ä allows a single ° d ONLN dúí >ûä (∫ \Ltransaction; any subsequent transactions cannot be started until the initial ° d ONLN dȆ >¨¢ *Ltransaction has been completed. On the other hand, databases typically allow ° d ONLN d6Æ >∫| *Hmultiple transactions that can consist of a variety of operations. These ° d ONLN dº >»P *=transactions can be canceled without completion by using the ° d ONLN dººP»° (‰nAbort Transaction ° d ONLN dŒ >÷≠ (Ú \Vevent, causing the database to return to the state it was in prior to the start of the ° d ONLN d%ÿ >‰_ *Btransaction. Transactions can also be verified through the use of ° d ONLN dgÿ_‰ü ( }cSession object ° d ONLN dvÿü‰¢ )@.
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° d ONLN dgB >N ˙ )(producing grouped summaries from tables. ° d ONLN dêX 0d (Ä N2The Database suite also defines object classes for
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° d ONLN dCN 0Z Å (v NAbort Transaction ° d ONLN dUN †Z )pCancel a series of changes. ° d ONLN dr^ 0j Å (Ü NBegin Transaction ° d ONLN dÑ^ †j_ )p)Begin a transaction thread and optionally ° d ONLN dÆl †xD *&associate it with an existing session. ° d ONLN d÷| 0à K (§ NGroup ° d ONLN d‹| †à ¯ )pSummarize a table. ° d ONLN då 0ò C (¥ NSort ° d ONLN dıå †òj )p/Order an object by one or more of its elements. (‰ N4 )$Apple Event Registry ˇ
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ú#≥ *:rollback the transaction. More complex database management ° d ONLN dE% ú1¬ *Csystems are able to rollback the transaction on receipt of an Abort ° d ONLN dâ3 ú? *CTransaction event or commit the transaction upon receipt of the End ° d ONLN dÕA úM Ô *Transaction event. +fi{The Database Suite )y5 ˇ " ◊# ˇ ˇˇˇˇ # ◊
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. ° d ONLN d C Ñ O® +¢kBIf a database does not support any type of transaction, the Begin, ° d ONLN d C Q Ñ ]£ *?Abort, and End Transaction events are not handled. Instead, the ° d ONLN d É _ Ñ k§ *Cevents are processed on a first come first serve basis, which is an ° d ONLN d « m Ñ yº *Dinefficient method for even the least complex database. On the other ° d ONLN d { Ñ á∞ *Ahand, some databases support only single transaction threads that ° d ONLN dN â Ñ ïj *5handle one transaction at a time. In such cases, the ° d ONLN dÉ âj ïª )ÊBegin Transaction ° d ONLN dï ó Ñ £ ó ( ø ¢and ° d ONLN dô ó ó £ Ò )the End Transaction ° d ONLN d¨ ó Ò £° )Z) events are used to lock out other events ° d ONLN d÷ • Ñ ±ñ ( Õ ¢=while processing a series of events. The way these events are ° d ONLN d ≥ Ñ øú *<handled by the server depends on the way the server has been ° d ONLN dQ ¡ Ñ ÕØ *?implemented. Either of these transaction mechanisms may be used ° d ONLN dë œ Ñ € * with or without support for ° d ONLN d≠ œ €) )~ cSession ° d ONLN d∂ œ) €E )'object. ° d ONLN dæ Â Ñ Ò ò (
¢The ° d ONLN d¬ Â ò Ò È )Abort Transaction ° d ONLN d” Â È ÒP )Q event differs from the ° d ONLN dÎ ÂP Òº )gTransaction Terminated ° d ONLN d Û Ñ ˇõ ( ¢>event found in the Miscellaneous Standards, in that the client ° d ONLN dA Ñ
∏ *Eapplication sends an Abort Transaction event to cancel a transaction, ° d ONLN dá ÑÜ *:whereas in the latter case, the server sends a Transaction ° d ONLN d¬ Ñ)@ *+Terminated event if it encounters an error. ° d ONLN dÓ5 0A j (] N Result Codes ° d ONLN d¸E ÑQ ÿ +TerrAEEventFailed ° d ONLN d
EQ )~–10000 ° d ONLN dE*Q◊ )(#The Apple event handler failed when ° d ONLN d8Q*]⁄ * %attempting to handle the Apple event. ° d ONLN d^a Ñm ¯ (â ¢errAENoSuchTransaction ° d ONLN duam )~-10012 ° d ONLN d|a*m€ )((The specified transaction is not a valid ° d ONLN d•m*yÿ * &transaction; the transaction may never ° d ONLN dÃy*Öª * have begun, or it may have been ° d ONLN dÏÖ*ë` * terminated. (‰ N6 )$Apple Event Registry ˇ > ◊# ˇ ˇˇˇˇ # ◊
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. ° d ONLN d J H [Î +fv0Begin Transaction—begin a transaction thread and ` d ` ° d ONLN d 1 b H sæ *0optionally associate it with an existing session
° d ONLN d b á H ìI *!9The Begin Transaction Apple event is an extension of the ° d ONLN d õ áI ìö ( ØgBegin Transaction ° d ONLN d ¨ áö ì¿ )Q event of ° d ONLN d ∂ ï H °» ( Ω fTthe Miscellaneous Standards. The Begin Transaction Apple event is used to initiate a ° d ONLN d £ H Ø µ *transaction and return a ° d ONLN d$ £ µ Ø ˆ )mtransaction ID ° d ONLN d2 £ ˆ Ø« )A1 for subsequent events in the transaction. In the ° d ONLN dd ± H Ω° ( Ÿ fLDatabase suite, this Apple event is extended to provide a way to associate a ° d ONLN d± ø H À£ *Ptransaction thread (a series of events that occur under the auspices of a single ° d ONLN d Õ H Ÿ *+transaction) with an existing session. The ° d ONLN d- Õ Ÿ* )ΩcSession ° d ONLN d5 Õ* ŸΔ )%$ object, the direct parameter to the ° d ONLN dZ € H Á¨ ( fMBegin Transaction Apple event, is optional and may not be required even where ° d ONLN d® È H ı¿ *Tsessions are being used. The client application may be allowed to open a transaction ° d ONLN d˝ ˜ H´ *Swithout any session object. In such cases, the server uses guest privileges for the ° d ONLN dQ Hº *Rtransaction. The direct parameter is optional as some applications may not require ° d ONLN d§ H ù *Osessions. On servers that do require sessions, this parameter is required for a ° d ONLN dÙ! H- ¡ * transaction to be initiated. ° d ONLN d9 HE } * Event Class ° d ONLN d 9 úE Ù )TkAEMiscStandards ° d ONLN d.Q H] p (y fEvent ID ° d ONLN d7Q ú] ˇ )TkAEBeginTransaction ° d ONLN dKi Hu | (ë f
Parameters ° d ONLN dW{ rá º +*keyDirectObject ° d ONLN dgã úó ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN dtã ó√ )Ñ#The session with which to associate ° d ONLN dôó £h * this transaction ° d ONLN d™ß ú≥ Ë (œ ∫Descriptor Type: ° d ONLN dªß ≥{ )ÑtypeObjectSpecifier ° d ONLN dœ∑ ú√ (fl ∫Required or Optional? ° d ONLN dÂ∑ √J )ÑOptional ° d ONLN dÓœ H€ ö (˜ fReply Parameters ° d ONLN d · rÌ Æ +* keyAEResult ° d ONLN d Ò ú˝ ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN dÒ ˝u )ÑThe transaction ID ° d ONLN d, ú
Ë () ∫Descriptor Type: ° d ONLN d=
j )ÑtypeLongInteger ° d ONLN dM ú (9 ∫Required or Optional? ° d ONLN dc I )ÑRequired ° d ONLN dl# r/ æ (K êkeyErrorNumber ° d ONLN d{3 ú? ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN dà3 ?† )Ñ The result code for the event ° d ONLN d¶C úO Ë (k ∫Descriptor Type: ° d ONLN d∑C Oj )ÑtypeLongInteger ° d ONLN d«S ú_ ({ ∫Required or Optional? ° d ONLN d›S _Á )Ñ)Optional (The absence of a keyErrorNumber ° d ONLN d_ k¯ * /parameter in the reply indicates that the event ° d ONLN d7k wô * was handled successfully.) +ZQThe Database Suite )y7 ˇ ◊# ˇ ˇˇˇˇ # ◊
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. ° d ONLN d A Z M û +xikeyErrorString ° d ONLN d Q Ñ ] º +* Description: ° d ONLN d Q ]” )Ñ/A character string that describes the error, if ° d ONLN d L ] ifl * -any, that occurred when the event was handled ° d ONLN d z m Ñ y – ( ï ¢Descriptor Type: ° d ONLN d ã m yB )Ñ typeIntlText ° d ONLN d ò } Ñ â È ( • ¢Required or Optional? ° d ONLN d Æ } â2 )ÑOptional ° d ONLN d ∑ ï 0 ° j ( Ω N Result Codes ° d ONLN d ≈ • Ñ ± ÿ +TerrAEEventFailed ° d ONLN d ÷ • ± )~–10000 ° d ONLN d › •* ±◊ )(#The Apple event handler failed when ° d ONLN d ±* Ω⁄ * %attempting to handle the Apple event. ° d ONLN d' ¡ Ñ Õ › ( È ¢errAEInTransaction ° d ONLN d: ¡ Õ )~–10011 ° d ONLN dA ¡* Õ« )(!Could not handle this Apple event ° d ONLN dc Õ* Ÿƒ * %because it is not part of the current ° d ONLN dâ Ÿ* Â` * transaction. ° d ONLN dñ È Ñ ı ¯ ( ¢errAENoSuchTransaction ° d ONLN d≠ È ı )~–10012 ° d ONLN d¥ È* ı€ )((The specified transaction is not a valid ° d ONLN d› ı*ÿ * &transaction; the transaction may never ° d ONLN d*
. ° d ONLN d J H [$ +fvGroup—summarize a table ` d `
° d ONLN d o H {æ *!RThe Group Apple event is used to create a table of summary rows by using data from ° d ONLN d k } H â¡ *Ran existing table. These summary rows are computed based on the columns specified: ° d ONLN d æ ã H ó∫ *Sfor every column in the direct object, all rows are grouped by value, and a summary ° d ONLN d ô H •Ω *Rrow is produced for each row with a distinct value. Rows with identical values are ° d ONLN de ß H ≥¬ *Tsummarized by using the function specified on the specified group columns. Functions ° d ONLN d∫ µ H ¡º *Vare listed in the constants section. Either or both of the group columns and functions ° d ONLN d √ H œÆ *Umay be a list. If there is a list of columns and a single function, then the function ° d ONLN dg — H ›∏ *Tapplies to all the columns. If there are multiple functions, then there must be only ° d ONLN dº fl H Î∏ *Rone function for every column listed. This makes it possible to summarize multiple ° d ONLN d Ì H ˘ “ * columns with one Apple event. ° d ONLN d- H } * Event Class ° d ONLN d9 ú ‹ )T kAEDatabase ° d ONLN dE H) p (E fEvent ID ° d ONLN dN ú) À )TkAEGroup ° d ONLN dW5 HA | (] f
Parameters ° d ONLN dcG rS º +*keyDirectObject ° d ONLN dsW úc ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN dÄW c )Ñ/The columns to use in generating a new table of ° d ONLN d∞c o` * summary rows ° d ONLN dΩs ú Ë (õ ∫Descriptor Type: ° d ONLN dŒs { )ÑtypeObjectSpecifier ° d ONLN d‚É úè (´ ∫Required or Optional? ° d ONLN d¯É èI )ÑRequired ° d ONLN dï r° “ (Ω êkeyAEGroupColumns ° d ONLN d• ú± ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN d • ±Ÿ )Ñ(The columns to summarize (may be a list) ° d ONLN dIµ ú¡ Ë (› ∫Descriptor Type: ° d ONLN dZµ ¡{ )ÑtypeObjectSpecifier ° d ONLN dn≈ ú— (Ì ∫Required or Optional? ° d ONLN dÑ≈ —I )ÑRequired ° d ONLN dç◊ r„ ÷ (ˇ êkeyAEGroupFunctions ° d ONLN d°Á úÛ ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN dÆÁ ÛÌ )Ñ*The functions with which to summarize (may ° d ONLN dŸÛ ˇ„ * -be a list). The following group functions are ° d ONLN dˇ ‡ * &available: kAverage, kCount, kMaximum, ° d ONLN d. ◊ * #kMean, kMinimum, kStdDev, and kSum. ° d ONLN dR ú' Ë (C ∫Descriptor Type: ° d ONLN dc 'n )ÑtypeEnumeration ° d ONLN ds+ ú7 (S ∫Required or Optional? ° d ONLN dâ+ 7I )ÑRequired ° d ONLN dí= rI ¬ (e êkeyAEInsertHere ° d ONLN d¢M úY ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN dØM Y≠ )Ñ The destination summary table ° d ONLN dÕ] úi Ë (Ö ∫Descriptor Type: ° d ONLN dfi] il )ÑtypeInsertionLoc ° d ONLN dÔm úy (ï ∫Required or Optional? ° d ONLN dm yJ )ÑOptional +ZOThe Database Suite )y9 ˇ‘ ◊# ˇ ˇˇˇˇ # ◊
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. ° d ONLN d C 0 O Ç +NkReply Parameters ° d ONLN d U Z a ñ +* keyAEResult ° d ONLN d e Ñ q º +* Description: ° d ONLN d * e q≠ )Ñ$The summary table (if not specified) ° d ONLN d O u Ñ Å – ( ù ¢Descriptor Type: ° d ONLN d ` u Åc )ÑtypeObjectSpecifier ° d ONLN d t Ö Ñ ë È ( ≠ ¢Required or Optional? ° d ONLN d ä Ö ë2 )ÑOptional ° d ONLN d ì ó Z £ ¶ ( ø xkeyErrorNumber ° d ONLN d ¢ ß Ñ ≥ º +* Description: ° d ONLN d Ø ß ≥à )Ñ The result code for the event ° d ONLN d Õ ∑ Ñ √ – ( fl ¢Descriptor Type: ° d ONLN d fi ∑ √R )ÑtypeLongInteger ° d ONLN d Ó « Ñ ” È ( Ô ¢Required or Optional? ° d ONLN d « ”œ )Ñ)Optional (The absence of a keyErrorNumber ° d ONLN d. ” fl‡ * /parameter in the reply indicates that the event ° d ONLN d^ fl ÎÅ * was handled successfully.) ° d ONLN dy ˜ 0 K ( NNotes ° d ONLN d ˜ Ñ∏ )TDThe destination table is optional and should be created and returned ° d ONLN dƒ Ñ7 *+as the direct object if not specified. The ° d ONLN dÔ7á )≥keyAEInsertHere ° d ONLN d˛á± )P
specifies ° d ONLN d Ñ + (; ¢$where to put the newly created rows. ° d ONLN d/+ Ñ7Æ *DSince the functions are specified by a four character code, both the ° d ONLN dt9 ÑEî *<client application and the server must have a list of common ° d ONLN d±G ÑS≥ *Hfunctions to specify. There is no provision for textual functions or for ° d ONLN d˙U Ña¢ *Acode resources since this is intended to be platform independent. ° d ONLN d<c Ñoä *:Instead, the table of common functions should be extended. ° d ONLN dw{ 0á j (£ N Result Codes ° d ONLN dÖã Åó ’ +QerrAEEventFailed ° d ONLN dñãó( )Å
–10000 ° d ONLN d¢ã5ó‰ )3$The Apple event handler failed when ° d ONLN d«ó5£Â * %attempting to handle the Apple event. ° d ONLN dÌß Å≥ (œ üerrAENoSuchGroupFunction ° d ONLN dß≥' )Ä
–10018 ° d ONLN dß5≥I )4The ° d ONLN dßI≥Ø )keyAEGroupFunctions ° d ONLN d)≥5ø≈ (€S parameter is not a known value. (‰ N10 )$Apple Event Registry ˇ
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. ° d ONLN d J L [è +jv&Sort—order an object by one or more of ` h `Ω ° d ONLN d ' b L s Ø * its elements
° d ONLN d 4 á H ì o ( Ø fThe Sort ° d ONLN d < á o ìÆ )'K Apple event is used to order an object by one or more of its elements. For ° d ONLN d à ï H °« ( Ω fWexample, a client application may wish to sort a table based on one of its columns or a ° d ONLN d ‡ £ H Ø√ *Uselection of rows based on a cell or column. The sort type indicates the way by which ° d ONLN d6 ± H Ω¡ *Uto sort, such as ascending or descending order. The element by which to sort may be a ° d ONLN då ø H Àø *Zlist of items; in this case, the first element of the list is the most significant item on ° d ONLN dÁ Õ H Ÿ™ *Pwhich to sort, and each subsequent item is a less significant item. Applications ° d ONLN d8 € H Á° *Mwhich do not support multiple item sorts can either perform multiple sorts in ° d ONLN dÜ È H ıí *Mresponse to this event or simply ignore all but the first sort element in the ° d ONLN d‘ ˜ H ¥ *keyAESortElement list. ° d ONLN dÎ H } * Event Class ° d ONLN d˜ ú ‹ )T kAEDatabase ° d ONLN d' H3 p (O fEvent ID ° d ONLN d ' ú3 √ )TkAESort ° d ONLN d? HK | (g f
Parameters ° d ONLN d Q r] º +*keyDirectObject ° d ONLN d0a úm ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN d=a mÛ )Ñ1The object to sort. (The value must be one of the ° d ONLN dom yÈ * .following: cTable, cRowSelection, or a list of ° d ONLN dûy ÖC * cRows.) ° d ONLN d¶â úï Ë (± ∫Descriptor Type: ° d ONLN d∑â ï{ )ÑtypeObjectSpecifier ° d ONLN dÀô ú• (¡ ∫Required or Optional? ° d ONLN d·ô •I )ÑRequired ° d ONLN dÍ´ r∑ … (” êkeyAESortElement ° d ONLN d˚ª ú« ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN dª «Ê )Ñ,The columns by which to sort (may be a list) ° d ONLN d5À ú◊ Ë (Û ∫Descriptor Type: ° d ONLN dFÀ ◊{ )ÑtypeObjectSpecifier ° d ONLN dZ€ úÁ ( ∫Required or Optional? ° d ONLN dp€ ÁI )ÑRequired ° d ONLN dyÌ r˘ ª ( ê
keyAESortType ° d ONLN dá˝ ú ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN dî˝ é )ÑSort type (may be a list) ° d ONLN dÆ
ú Ë (5 ∫Descriptor Type: ° d ONLN dø
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. ° d ONLN d C 0 O K +NkNotes ° d ONLN d C Ñ O é )TIf ° d ONLN d C é O Â )
keyAESortElement ° d ONLN d C Â Oü )W* is an optional parameter, then the client ° d ONLN d D Q Ñ ]± ( y ¢Eapplication can instruct server applications to unsort a sorted table ° d ONLN d ä _ Ñ kN *-by omitting or sending a null parameter. The ° d ONLN d ∑ _N kó )
keyAESortType ° d ONLN d ≈ m Ñ yπ ( ï ¢Cparameter would be ignored in this case. If the keyAESortElement is ° d ONLN d { Ñ áï *=a list, and the keyAESortType is a scalar, then the sort type ° d ONLN dG â Ñ ïj *7specified is used for all fields that are to be sorted. ° d ONLN dÄ ° Ñ ≠º *GIf there is a list of sort types specified as keyAESortType, then there ° d ONLN d» Ø Ñ ª= *)must be a matching list in the parameter ° d ONLN dÒ Ø= ªî )πkeyAESortElement ° d ONLN d Øî ªß )W and ° d ONLN d Ω Ñ …¥ (  ¢Deach sort element must be sorted by the corresponding sort type. The ° d ONLN dK À Ñ ◊Z *1default sort should be an ascending textual sort. ° d ONLN d} „ 0 Ô j ( N Result Codes ° d ONLN dã Û Ñ ˇ ÿ +TerrAEEventFailed ° d ONLN dú Û ˇ )~–10000 ° d ONLN d£ Û* ˇ◊ )(#The Apple event handler failed when ° d ONLN d« ˇ* ⁄ * %attempting to handle the Apple event. ° d ONLN dÌ Ñ Ì (7 ¢errAENoSuchSortType ° d ONLN d )~–10017 ° d ONLN d*€ )($The keyAESortType parameter is not a ° d ONLN d-*'f * known value. (‰ N12 )$Apple Event Registry ˇ ∫ ◊# ˇ ˇˇˇˇ # ◊
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. ° d ONLN d J H [µ +fv,Object classes defined in the Database suite ` d `
° d ONLN d - o H {≥ *!QThe Apple event object classes defined in the Database suite are described in the ° d ONLN d } H â/ *7following sections. Table 2 lists these object classes. ,
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° d ONLN d ˚ ∫ H ≈ è ( · fObject class ID ° d ONLN d ∫ ÿ ≈ )ê Description ÷ d ÷ Ê d Ê
° d ONLN d – H ‹ ` ( ¯ fcCell ° d ONLN d – Ÿ ‹- )ëA cell from a table ° d ONLN d1 fi ÿ Í
( ˆ Properties: ° d ONLN d= fi- ÍÀ )U pBestType, pClass, pDefaultType, ° d ONLN d^ Ï- ¯‹ *$pFormula, pLock, pName, pProtection, ° d ONLN dÉ ˙-ç *pRepeatsize, pValue ° d ONLN dó ÿ$ (0 ˆElement Classes: ° d ONLN d®-E )UNone ° d ONLN d≠ H$ n (@ fcColumn ° d ONLN dµ Ÿ$] )ë A column of cells from a table ° d ONLN d‘& ÿ2
(N ˆ Properties: ° d ONLN d‡&-2≠ )UpAccess, pBestType, pClass, ° d ONLN d¸4-@¬ * pDefaultType, pFormula, pLock, ° d ONLN dB-Næ * pName, pNullsOk, pProtection, ° d ONLN d9P-\• *pRepeating, pRepeatSize, ° d ONLN dR^-jo * pUniqueValue ° d ONLN d_l ÿx$ (î ˆElement Classes: ° d ONLN dpl-xp )UcCell, cColumn ° d ONLN d| Hà x (§ f cDatabase ° d ONLN dâ| Ÿà
)ë
A database ° d ONLN dîä ÿñ
(≤ ˆ Properties: ° d ONLN d†ä-ñ≠ )UpAccess, pBestType, pClass, ° d ONLN dºò-§µ *pDefaultType, pLock, pName ° d ONLN d◊¶ ÿ≤$ (Œ ˆElement Classes: ° d ONLN d˶-≤u )UcSession, cTable ° d ONLN d˘∂ H¬ j (fi fcDBMS ° d ONLN dˇ∂ Ÿ¬i )ë A database management system ° d ONLN d ƒ ÿ–
(Ï ˆ Properties: ° d ONLN d(ƒ-–À )U pBestType, pClass, pDefaultType, ° d ONLN dI“-fiO *pName ° d ONLN dO‡ ÿÏ$ ( ˆElement Classes: ° d ONLN d`‡-Ïá )UcDatabase, cSession ° d ONLN dt H¸ b ( fcHost ° d ONLN dz Ÿ¸Æ )ë,A network host containing a DBMS or database ° d ONLN d߲ ÿ
(& ˆ Properties: ° d ONLN d≥˛-
À )U pBestType, pClass, pDefaultType, ° d ONLN d‘ -O *pName ° d ONLN d⁄ ÿ&$ (B ˆElement Classes: ° d ONLN dÎ-&Æ )UcDatabase, cDBMS, cSession ° d ONLN d* H6 _ (R fcKey ° d ONLN d * Ÿ6- )ëAn indexed column ° d ONLN d 8 ÿD
(` ˆ Properties: ° d ONLN d)8-D≈ )U pBestType, pClass, pCurrentSort, ° d ONLN dJF-Rò *pDefaultType, pName, ° d ONLN d_T-`≥ *pPrimaryKey, pUniqueValue ° d ONLN dyb ÿn$ (ä ˆElement Classes: ° d ONLN däb-nS )UcColumn ° d ONLN dìàΔî˘ +ô& (continued) (‰òThe Database Suite )t13 ˇ ⁄ ◊# ˇ ˇˇˇˇ # ◊
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° d ONLN d C Cx N® )˛ (continued) ° d ONLN d O Z 0 e w ( Å NObject class ID ° d ONLN d _ Z ¿ e ˆ )ê Description v L vˇ Ü L ܡ
° d ONLN d k p 0 | H ( ò NcRow ° d ONLN d p p ¡ |7 )ëA row of cells from a table ° d ONLN d å ~ ¿ ä Ú ( ¶ fi Properties: ° d ONLN d ò ~ äï )UpAccess, pBestType, pClass, ° d ONLN d ¥ å òê *pDefaultType, pID, pLock, ° d ONLN d Œ ö ¶p *pName, pProtection ° d ONLN d · ® ¿ ¥ ( – fiElement Classes: ° d ONLN d Ú ® ¥P )U
cCell, cTable ° d ONLN d ∏ 0 ƒ r ( ‡ N
cRowSelection ° d ONLN d ∏ ¡ ƒ2 )ëA saved selection of rows ° d ONLN d( Δ ¿ “ Ú ( Ó fi Properties: ° d ONLN d4 Δ “ï )UpAccess, pBestType, pClass, ° d ONLN dP ‘ ‡õ *pDefaultType, pKind, pLock, ° d ONLN dl ‚ Óü *pName, pProtection, pRowIDs ° d ONLN dà ¿ ¸ ( fiElement Classes: ° d ONLN dô ¸t )UcColumn, cKey, cRow ° d ONLN d≠ 0 U (( NcSession ° d ONLN d∂ ¡ ï )ë/An active session connected to a host, DBMS, or ° d ONLN dÊ ¡ Î *database ° d ONLN dÔ ¿( Ú (D fi Properties: ° d ONLN d˚ (õ )U pAccount, pBestType, pClass, ° d ONLN d*6î *pDefaultType, pGuest, pID, ° d ONLN d38D° * pOpenTransaction, pPassword, ° d ONLN dPFR0 *pUser ° d ONLN dVT ¿` (| fiElement Classes: ° d ONLN dgT`- )UNone ° d ONLN dld 0p N (å NcTable ° d ONLN dsd ¡p• )ë3A table of rows, columns, and cells from a database ° d ONLN dßr ¿~ Ú (ö fi Properties: ° d ONLN d≥r~ï )UpAccess, pBestType, pClass, ° d ONLN dœÄåõ *pDefaultType, pKind, pLock, ° d ONLN dÎéöp *pName, pProtection ° d ONLN d˛ú ¿® (ƒ fiElement Classes: ° d ONLN dú®ë )UcCell, cColumn, cKey, cRow ° d ONLN d*¿ 0Ãü (Ë NTFigure 1 illustrates the inheritance hierarchy for the object classes defined in the ° d ONLN dŒ 0⁄§ *UDatabase suite. Listed for each object class are the properties, element classes, and ° d ONLN d’‹ 0ËÉ *KApple events that have not been inherited from object classes higher in the ° d ONLN d!Í 0ˆ ô *inheritance hierarchy. *“14 )$Apple Event Registry ˇ ◊# ˇ ˇˇˇˇ # ◊
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. ° d ONLN d J 0 [ ˆ +NvCell—a cell from a table ` L `ˇ
° d ONLN d g 0 s D *The ° d ONLN d g D s ^ )cCell ° d ONLN d # g ^ s )/object class is the class for atomic data in a ° d ONLN d R g s> )¬DBMS ° d ONLN d V g> s‡ ) (. It is an extension of the cCell object ° d ONLN d u 0 Åü ( ù NUclass defined in the Table suite. The intersection of a row and a column is called a ° d ONLN d ‘ uü Å∞ ( ùΩcell ° d ONLN d ÿ u∞ Åfl )
. The data ° d ONLN d „ É 0 èπ ( ´ NZcontained in a cell is called atomic data. The contents of a cell may be of any data type, ° d ONLN d> ë 0 ùƒ *Xhowever all cells in one column typically have the same data type. This data type can be ° d ONLN dó ü 0 ´ ë *accessed through the ° d ONLN d¨ ü ë ´ ‘ )a
pDefaultType ° d ONLN dπ ü ‘ ´b )C property and can be returned as ° d ONLN dŸ üb ´| )écText ° d ONLN dfl ü| ´fl )by a coercion handler. ° d ONLN dˆ ∑ 0 √ ` ( fl N
Superclass ° d ONLN d ∑ Ñ √ ¶ )TcObject ° d ONLN d ∑ ¶ √ € )" (Core suite) ° d ONLN dˇˇ ( ¢typeCell ° d ONLN d œ 0 € T ( ˜ NDefault ° d ONLN d › 0 È ` *
Descriptor ° d ONLN d) Î 0 ˜ G *Type ° d ONLN d9 0 _ *
Properties ° d ONLN dE Z! ã +* pBestType ° d ONLN dO% Ñ1 º +* Description: ° d ONLN d\% Ì1∫ )i-The descriptor type that can contain the most ° d ONLN dä1 Ó=≠ + -information from objects of this object class ° d ONLN d∏A ÑM Ã (i ¢Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d…A ÌM )icType ° d ONLN dœQ Ñ] µ (y ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN d⁄Q Ì] )i
Yes, from ° d ONLN d‰Q]9 ),cObject ° d ONLN dÏa Ñm √ (â ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d˚m Ñy ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d m Ìy7 )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN d Zã y (ß xpClass ° d ONLN d!è Ñõ º +* Description: ° d ONLN d.è ÌõΩ )i0The four-character class ID for the object class ° d ONLN d_ü Ñ´ à (« ¢Object Class ID: ° d ONLN dpü Ì´ )icType ° d ONLN dvØ Ñª µ (◊ ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN dÅØ Ìª9 )iYes, from cObject ° d ONLN dìø ÑÀ √ (Á ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d¢À Ñ◊ ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d≤À Ì◊7 )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN d¡› ZÈ õ ( x pDefaultType ° d ONLN dŒÏ ѯ º +* Description: ° d ONLN d€Ï ̯æ )i0The default descriptor type for the object class ° d ONLN d ˚ Ñ Ã (# ¢Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d ˚ Ì )icType ° d ONLN d#
Ñ µ (2 ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN d.
Ì9 )iYes, from cObject ° d ONLN d@ Ñ% √ (A ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN dO% Ñ1 ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d_% Ì17 )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN dn7 ZC Ü (_ xpFormula ° d ONLN dwF ÑR º +* Description: ° d ONLN dÑF ÌRŒ )i3The formula for the cell (inherits or overrides the ° d ONLN d∏R Ó^^ + column's formula, if any) ° d ONLN d“a Ñm à (â ¢Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d„a Ìm )icText ° d ONLN dÈp Ñ| µ (ò ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN dÙp Ì| ˚ )iNo ° d ONLN d˜ Ñã √ (ß ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN dã Ñó ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dã Ìó! )i
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. ° d ONLN d A r M ç +êipLock ° d ONLN d Q ú ] ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN d Q ]Ù )i8The lock status of the object in the current transaction ° d ONLN d L ] i∫ + ((The value must be one of the following: ° d ONLN d u i uŒ * )kExclusiveLock, kNoLock, or kSharedLock.) ° d ONLN d ü y ú Ö ‰ ( ° ∫Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d ∞ y ÖL )i
enumLockTypes ° d ONLN d æ â ú ï Õ ( ± ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN d … â ï )iNo ° d ONLN d à ô ú • € ( ¡ ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d € • ú ± Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d Î • ±9 )i
Modifiable ° d ONLN d ˆ ∑ r √ î ( fl êpName ° d ONLN d ¸ « ú ” ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN d « ”a )iThe name of the cell ° d ONLN d ◊ ú „ ‰ ( ˇ ∫Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d/ ◊ „ )icText ° d ONLN d5 Á ú Û Õ ( ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN d@ Á Û )iNo ° d ONLN dC ˜ ú € ( ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN dR ú Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN db9 )i
Modifiable ° d ONLN dm r! ¶ (= ê pProtection ° d ONLN dy% ú1 ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN dÜ%1¯ )i3Specifies whether the elements or pFormula property ° d ONLN d∫1=Ï + 4of the cell can be changed (The value must be one of ° d ONLN dÔ=IÓ * .the following: kAEFormulaProtect, kAEReadOnly, ° d ONLN d IU` * or kAEReadWrite.) ° d ONLN d0Y úe ‰ (Å ∫Object Class ID: ° d ONLN dAYeJ )ienumProtection ° d ONLN dPi úu Õ (ë ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN d[iu )iNo ° d ONLN d^y úÖ € (° ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN dmÖ úë Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d}Öë9 )i
Modifiable ° d ONLN dàó r£ ≠ (ø ê pRepeatSize ° d ONLN dîß ú≥ ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN d°ß≥Œ )i-Indicates the actual number of values for the ° d ONLN dœ≥øH + particular cell ° d ONLN dfl√ úœ ‰ (Î ∫Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d√œ> )i cLongInteger ° d ONLN d˝” úfl Õ (˚ ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN d”fl )iNo ° d ONLN d „ úÔ € ( ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN dÔ ú˚ Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d)Ô˚O )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN d8 r
î () êpValue ° d ONLN d? ú ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN dL _ )iThe data in the cell ° d ONLN da! ú- ‰ (I ∫Object Class ID: ° d ONLN dr!- )icText ° d ONLN dx1 ú= Õ (Y ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN dÉ1= )iNo ° d ONLN dÜA úM € (i ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN dïM úY Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d•MY9 )i
. ° d ONLN d C 0 O y +NkElement Classes ° d ONLN d C Ñ O ú )TNone ° d ONLN d [ 0 g m ( É N Apple Events ° d ONLN d " [ Ñ g )T!Apple events from the Core suite: ° d ONLN d D k Ñ w à *Do Objects Exist ° d ONLN d U k  wJ )aInherited from cObject ° d ONLN d l { Ñ á Æ ( £ ¢Get Data ° d ONLN d u {  áJ )aInherited from cObject ° d ONLN d å ã Ñ ó ƒ ( ≥ ¢
Get Data Size ° d ONLN d ö ã  óJ )aInherited from cObject ° d ONLN d ± õ Ñ ß ≠ ( √ ¢Set Data ° d ONLN d ∫ õ  ßJ )aInherited from cObject ° d ONLN d — ≥ 0 ø K ( € NNotes ° d ONLN d ◊ ≥ Ñ ø¥ )TEThe actual number of values for a particular cell is indicated by the ° d ONLN d ¡ Ñ Õ∂ *ApRepeatSize property of cCell, while the pValue property contains ° d ONLN d_ œ Ñ €≤ *Da list of values for that cell. The pRepeatSize property reports the ° d ONLN d§ › Ñ È± *Bnumber of items in a list, while the pDefaultType property reports ° d ONLN dÁ Î Ñ ˜ *!the type of elements in the list. ° d ONLN d
. ° d ONLN d C Ñ O° +¢k?server will automatically release all locks obtained during the ° d ONLN d @ Q Ñ ] ∫ * transaction. ° d ONLN d M g Ñ s± *FIf a lock is obtained outside the context of any transaction, the lock ° d ONLN d î u Ñ ÅR *-must be released by setting pLock to kNoLock. ° d ONLN d ¬ ã Ñ ó *"The possible error conditions are: ,
° d ONLN d. Ω í …ì )7errAELockRequestTimeout - a lock request timed out. The ° d ONLN df À í ◊ ˜ *transaction is aborted.
° d ONLN d~ ‡ Ñ Á ä ( ¢n
° d ONLN dÄ › í Ȩ )=errAELockRequestTimeout - should be returned if a transaction ° d ONLN dæ Î í ˜¨ *>remains inactive for a long period of time without any pending ° d ONLN d˝ ˘ í£ *?lock request, as in the case of the client application that has ° d ONLN d= íº *Dfailed to continue the transaction, and no possible deadlocks exist. ° d ONLN dÇ í!ª *CA well designed server would return this error only if the inactive ° d ONLN dΔ# í/± *Btransaction is blocking a lock request from an active transaction. ° d ONLN d 1 í=° *;This is a good approach for handling deadlocks that are not ° d ONLN dE? íK• *=detected properly by the server, such as situations where the ° d ONLN dÉM íY¥ *Aclient applications are polling database attributes on their own. (‰ N20 )$Apple Event Registry ˇ F ◊# ˇ ˇˇˇˇ # ◊
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. ° d ONLN d J H [ç +fv%Column—a column of cells from a table ` d `
° d ONLN d & g H s \ *The ° d ONLN d * g \ s Ñ )cColumn ° d ONLN d 2 g Ñ sœ )(Oobject class is the class for the representation of a single column in a table. ° d ONLN d Ç H ã x ( ß f
Superclass ° d ONLN d ç ú ã æ )TcObject ° d ONLN d ï æ ã Û )" (Core suite) ° d ONLN dˇˇ ( € ∫
typeColumn ° d ONLN d ¢ ó H £ l ( ø fDefault ° d ONLN d ™ • H ± x *
Descriptor ° d ONLN d ∂ ≥ H ø _ *Type ° d ONLN d » À H ◊ w *
Properties ° d ONLN d ‘ › r È ï +*pAccess ° d ONLN d ‹ Ì ú ˘ ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN d È Ì ˘€ )i0Access privileges. (The value must be one of the ° d ONLN d ˘º + (following or an additive combination of: ° d ONLN dCH *
kCreateAccess ° d ONLN dPHè )B, kDeleteAccess ° d ONLN d_èœ )G
, kReadAccess ° d ONLN dlœ“ )@, ° d ONLN dn L (9$
kUpdateAccess ° d ONLN d{L \ )F, or ° d ONLN dÄ\ õ ) kWriteAccess ° d ONLN dåõ ¢ )?.) ° d ONLN dè! ú- ‰ (I ∫Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d†!-9 )i
enumAccess ° d ONLN d´1 ú= Õ (Y ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN d∂1= )iNo ° d ONLN dπA úM € (i ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d»M úY Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dÿMYO )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN dÁ_ rk £ (á ê pBestType ° d ONLN dÒo ú{ ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN d˛o{“ )i-The descriptor type that can contain the most ° d ONLN d,{á≈ + -information from objects of this object class ° d ONLN dZã úó ‰ (≥ ∫Object Class ID: ° d ONLN dkãó )icType ° d ONLN dqõ úß Õ (√ ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN d|õß1 )i
Yes, from ° d ONLN dÜõ1ßQ ),cObject ° d ONLN dé´ ú∑ € (” ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN dù∑ ú√ Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d≠∑√O )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN dº… r’ ë (Ò êpClass ° d ONLN d√Ÿ ú ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN d–ŸÂ’ )i0The four-character class ID for the object class ° d ONLN dÈ úı ‰ ( ∫Object Class ID: ° d ONLN dÈı )icType ° d ONLN d˘ ú Õ (! ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN d#˘Q )iYes, from cObject ° d ONLN d5 ú € (1 ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN dD ú! Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dT!O )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN dc' r3 ≥ (O ê pDefaultType ° d ONLN dp7 úC ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN d}7C÷ )i0The default descriptor type for the object class ° d ONLN dÆG úS ‰ (o ∫Object Class ID: ° d ONLN døGS )icType ° d ONLN d≈W úc Õ ( ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN d–WcQ )iYes, from cObject ° d ONLN d‚g ús € (è ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN dÒs ú Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dsO )iNon-modifiable +uIThe Database Suite )t21 ˇ
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. ° d ONLN d A Z M Ü +xipFormula ° d ONLN d Q Ñ ] º +* Description: ° d ONLN d Q Ì ]Œ )i3The formula for the cell (inherits or overrides the ° d ONLN d J ] Ó i^ + column's formula, if any) ° d ONLN d d m Ñ y à ( ï ¢Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d u m Ì y )icText ° d ONLN d { } Ñ â µ ( • ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN d Ü } Ì â ˚ )iNo ° d ONLN d â ç Ñ ô √ ( µ ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d ò ô Ñ • ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d ® ô Ì •! )i
Modifiable ° d ONLN d ≥ ´ Z ∑ u ( ” xpLock ° d ONLN d π ª Ñ « º +* Description: ° d ONLN d Δ ª Ì «fl )i9The lock status of the object in the current transaction. ° d ONLN d « Ó ”¢ + ((The value must be one of the following: ° d ONLN d) ” Ó fl∂ * )kExclusiveLock, kNoLock, or kSharedLock.) ° d ONLN dS „ Ñ Ô Ã ( ¢Object Class ID: ° d ONLN dd „ Ì Ô4 )i
enumLockTypes ° d ONLN dr Û Ñ ˇ µ ( ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN d} Û Ì ˇ ˚ )iNo ° d ONLN dÄ Ñ √ (+ ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN dè Ñ ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dü Ì! )i
Modifiable ° d ONLN d™! Z- | (I xpName ° d ONLN d∞1 Ñ= º +* Description: ° d ONLN dΩ1 Ì=W )iThe name of the column ° d ONLN d‘A ÑM Ã (i ¢Object Class ID: ° d ONLN dÂA ÌM )icText ° d ONLN dÎQ Ñ] µ (y ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN dˆQ Ì] ˚ )iNo ° d ONLN d˘a Ñm √ (â ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN dm Ñy ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dm Ìy! )i
Modifiable ° d ONLN d# Zã à (ß xpNullsOk ° d ONLN d,è Ñõ º +* Description: ° d ONLN d9è Ìõ– )i1Indicates whether nulls are allowed in the column ° d ONLN dkü Ñ´ à (« ¢Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d|ü Ì´ )icBoolean ° d ONLN dÖØ Ñª µ (◊ ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN dêØ Ìª ˚ )iNo ° d ONLN dìø ÑÀ √ (Á ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d¢À Ñ◊ ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d≤À Ì◊7 )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN d¬› ZÈ é ( x pProtection ° d ONLN dŒÌ Ñ˘ º +* Description: ° d ONLN d€Ì Ì˘‡ )i3Specifies whether the elements or pFormula property ° d ONLN d˘ Ó◊ + 5of the cell can be changed. (The value must be one of ° d ONLN dE Ó÷ * .the following: kAEFormulaProtect, kAEReadOnly, ° d ONLN dt Ó H * or kAEReadWrite.) ° d ONLN dÜ! Ñ- à (I ¢Object Class ID: ° d ONLN dó! Ì-2 )ienumProtection ° d ONLN d¶1 Ñ= µ (Y ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN d±1 Ì= ˚ )iNo ° d ONLN d¥A ÑM √ (i ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d√M ÑY ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d”M ÌY! )i
Modifiable (‰ N22 )$Apple Event Registry ˇ
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. ° d ONLN d A r M ß +êi
pRepeating ° d ONLN d Q ú ] ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN d Q ]˚ )i6Indicates whether it is a repeating column. (The value ° d ONLN d O ] i⁄ + -must be one of the following: kAEFixedRepeat, ° d ONLN d } i uœ * 'kAESingleValued, or kAEVariableRepeat.) ° d ONLN d • y ú Ö ‰ ( ° ∫Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d ∂ y Ö] )ienumRepeatValues ° d ONLN d « â ú ï Õ ( ± ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN d “ â ï )iNo ° d ONLN d ’ ô ú • € ( ¡ ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d ‰ • ú ± Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d Ù • ±O )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN d ∑ r √ ≠ ( fl ê pRepeatSize ° d ONLN d « ú ” ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN d « ” )i2Specifies the maximum number of values that can be ° d ONLN dO ” fl⁄ + 1stored in each cell of a column. For fixed repeat ° d ONLN dÅ fl Έ * 5columns, this property indicates the number of values ° d ONLN d∑ Î ˜Ô * 5that can be stored in each cell of a column, whereas, ° d ONLN dÌ ˜Õ * -for variable repeat columns, it indicates the ° d ONLN d¯ * 4maximum possible number of values that can be stored ° d ONLN dP; * in a column. ° d ONLN d^ ú+ ‰ (G ∫Object Class ID: ° d ONLN do +> )i cLongInteger ° d ONLN d|/ ú; Õ (W ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN dá/; )iNo ° d ONLN dä? úK € (g ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN dGµ ú¡ Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dWµ¡O )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN dgŸ H ë ( fElement Classes ° d ONLN dwÎ r˜ ä +*cCell ° d ONLN d}˚ ú ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN dä˚[ )iCells in the column ° d ONLN dû ú Õ (3 ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN dª' ú3 Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dÀ'39 )i
Modifiable ° d ONLN d÷7 õC Œ (_ π
Key Forms: ° d ONLN d·7CÓ )j/formAbsolutePosition, formName, formPropertyID, ° d ONLN dCOÀ * )formRange, formRelativePosition, formTest +uyThe Database Suite )t23 ˇ . ◊# ˇ ˇˇˇˇ # ◊
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. ° d ONLN d A Z M Ä +xicColumn ° d ONLN d Q Ñ ] º +* Description: ° d ONLN d Q Ì ]V )iColumns contained in a ° d ONLN d , QV ]õ )igrouped column ° d ONLN d : Qõ ] )E , that is, a ° d ONLN d G ] Ó i√ ( Ö /column that contains a number of other columns. ° d ONLN d w m Ñ y µ ( ï ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN d Ç m Ì y ˚ )iNo ° d ONLN d Ö } Ñ â √ ( • ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d î â Ñ ï ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d § â Ì ï7 )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN d ≥ ô É • ∂ ( ¡ °
Key Forms: ° d ONLN d æ ô Ì •÷ )j/formAbsolutePosition, formName, formPropertyID, ° d ONLN d Ó • Ì ±≥ * )formRange, formRelativePosition, formTest ° d ONLN d Ω 0 … m ( Â N Apple Events ° d ONLN d% Ω Ñ … )T!Apple events from the Core suite: ° d ONLN dG Õ Ñ Ÿ û *Clone ° d ONLN dM Õ ‚ ŸG )^Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN dd › Ñ È … ( ¢Count Elements ° d ONLN ds › ‚ ÈG )^Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN dä Ì Ñ ˘ £ ( ¢Delete ° d ONLN dë Ì ‚ ˘G )^Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d® ˝ Ñ Ã (% ¢Do Objects Exist ° d ONLN dπ ˝ ‚ G )^Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d–
Ñ √ (5 ¢Get Class Info ° d ONLN dfl
‚G )^Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN dˆ Ñ) Æ (E ¢Get Data ° d ONLN dˇ ‚)G )^Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d- Ñ9 ƒ (U ¢
Get Data Size ° d ONLN d$- ‚9G )^Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d;= ÑI ù (e ¢Move ° d ONLN d@= ‚IG )^Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN dWM ÑY ≠ (u ¢Set Data ° d ONLN d`M ‚YG )^Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN dw] Ñi2 (Ö ¢%Apple events from the Database suite: ° d ONLN dùm Ñy ü *Group ° d ONLN d£m ‚y" )^
repeating grouped column ° d ONLN dÂı± )s* contains a list of values for a number of ° d ONLN d Ñ ≈ (+ ¢other columns. (‰ N24 )$Apple Event Registry ˇ L ◊# ˇ ˇˇˇˇ # ◊
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. ° d ONLN d J H [ +fvDatabase—a database ` d `
° d ONLN d g H s ` *The c ° d ONLN d g ` s ø )Database object class ° d ONLN d . g ø s– )_> is the class for database tables, each of which contains rows ° d ONLN d n u H Å Å ( ù f and columns. ° d ONLN d { ç H ô x *
Superclass ° d ONLN d Ü ç ú ô º )TcObject ° d ONLN d ç ç º ô Û )
(Core suite) ° d ONLN dˇˇ ( È ∫typeAEDescList ° d ONLN d õ • H ± l ( Õ fDefault ° d ONLN d £ ≥ H ø x *
Descriptor ° d ONLN d Ø ¡ H Õ _ *Type ° d ONLN d ≈ Ÿ H Â w *
Properties ° d ONLN d — Î r ˜ ï +*pAccess ° d ONLN d Ÿ ˚ ú ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN d Ê ˚Ë )i3Access privileges. (The value must either be one of ° d ONLN dŒ + ,the following or an additive combination of: ° d ONLN dG H *
kCreateAccess ° d ONLN dTH è )B, kDeleteAccess ° d ONLN dcè œ )G
, kReadAccess ° d ONLN dpœ “ )@, ° d ONLN dr +L (G$
kUpdateAccess ° d ONLN d L+\ )F, or ° d ONLN dÑ \+õ ) kWriteAccess ° d ONLN dê õ+¢ )?.) ° d ONLN dì/ ú; ‰ (W ∫Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d§/;9 )i
enumAccess ° d ONLN dØ? úK Õ (g ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN d∫?K )iNo ° d ONLN dΩO ú[ € (w ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d°≈ ú— Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d±≈—O )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN d¿◊ r„ ë (ˇ êpClass ° d ONLN d«Á úÛ ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN d‘ÁÛ’ )i0The four-character class ID for the object class ° d ONLN d˜ ú ‰ ( ∫Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d˜ )icType ° d ONLN d ú Õ (/ ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN d'Q )iYes, from cObject ° d ONLN d9 ú# € (? ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN dH# ú/ Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dX#/O )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN dg5 rA ≥ (] ê pDefaultType ° d ONLN dtE úQ ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN dÅEQ÷ )i0The default descriptor type for the object class ° d ONLN d≤U úa ‰ (} ∫Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d√Ua )icType ° d ONLN d…e úq Õ (ç ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN d‘eqQ )iYes, from cObject ° d ONLN dÊu úÅ € (ù ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN dıÅ úç Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dÅçO )iNon-modifiable +u;The Database Suite )t25 ˇ¸ ◊# ˇ ˇˇˇˇ # ◊
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. ° d ONLN d A Z M u +xipLock ° d ONLN d Q Ñ ] º +* Description: ° d ONLN d Q Ì ]fl )i9The lock status of the object in the current transaction. ° d ONLN d M ] Ó i¢ + ((The value must be one of the following: ° d ONLN d v i Ó u∂ * )kExclusiveLock, kNoLock, or kSharedLock.) ° d ONLN d † y Ñ Ö Ã ( ° ¢Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d ± y Ì Ö4 )i
enumLockTypes ° d ONLN d ø â Ñ ï µ ( ± ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN d â Ì ï ˚ )iNo ° d ONLN d Õ ô Ñ • √ ( ¡ ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d ‹ • Ñ ± ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d Ï • Ì ±! )i
Modifiable ° d ONLN d ˜ ∑ Z √ | ( fl xpName ° d ONLN d ˝ « Ñ ” º +* Description: ° d ONLN d
« Ì ”I )iThe name of the cell ° d ONLN d ◊ Ñ „ Ã ( ˇ ¢Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d0 ◊ Ì „ )icText ° d ONLN d6 Á Ñ Û µ ( ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN dA Á Ì Û ˚ )iNo ° d ONLN dD ˜ Ñ √ ( ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN dS Ñ ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dc Ì! )i
Modifiable ° d ONLN dn 0' y (C NElement Classes ° d ONLN d~- Z9 +*cSession ° d ONLN dá= ÑI º +* Description: ° d ONLN dî= ÌIã )i#Active sessions using this database ° d ONLN d∏M ÑY µ (u ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN d√M ÌY ˚ )iNo ° d ONLN dΔ] Ñi √ (Ö ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d’i Ñu ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dÂi Ìu! )i
Modifiable ° d ONLN dy ÉÖ ∂ (° °
Key Forms: ° d ONLN d˚y ÌÖ )jNone ° d ONLN d ã Zó x (≥ xcTable ° d ONLN dõ Ñß º +* Description: ° d ONLN dõ ÌßÖ )i!Represents tables in the database ° d ONLN d6´ Ñ∑ µ (” ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN dA´ Ì∑ ˚ )iNo ° d ONLN dDª Ñ« √ („ ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN dS« Ñ” ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dc« Ì”7 )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN dr◊ É„ ∂ (ˇ °
C ú O3 )T!Apple events from the Core suite: ° d ONLN d / S ú _ ∂ *Clone ° d ONLN d 5 S ¸ _a )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d L c ú o · ( ã ∫Count Elements ° d ONLN d [ c ¸ oa )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d r s ú ‚ ( õ ∫Create Element ° d ONLN d Å s ¸ a )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d ò É ú è ª ( ´ ∫Delete ° d ONLN d ü É ¸ èa )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d ∂ ì ú ü ‰ ( ª ∫Do Objects Exist ° d ONLN d « ì ¸ üa )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d fi £ ú Ø € ( À ∫Get Class Info ° d ONLN d Ì £ ¸ Øa )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d ≥ ú ø Δ ( € ∫Get Data ° d ONLN d
≥ ¸ øa )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d$ √ ú œ ‹ ( Î ∫
Get Data Size ° d ONLN d2 √ ¸ œa )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN dI ” ú fl ≈ ( ˚ ∫Set Data ° d ONLN dR ” ¸ fla )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN di Î H ˜ c ( fNotes ° d ONLN do Î ú ˜ ∞ )TThe ° d ONLN ds Î ∞ ˜ Ô )Get Class Info ° d ONLN dÅ Î Ô ˜∑ )?- Apple event should be sent to determine if a ° d ONLN dØ ˘ ú¬ (! ∫Cdatabase needs a session. If the database can contain a session but ° d ONLN dÛ ú¬ *Cnone are present, then the client application must create a session ° d ONLN d7 ú! « * with the ° d ONLN d@ «!
)+Create Element ° d ONLN dN
!µ )F% Apple event. If the database needs a ° d ONLN dt# ú/à (K ∫Ddifferent session than its containing DBMS, then it should require a ° d ONLN dπ1 ú=Δ *Dnew cSession object; otherwise one should not be listed in Get Class ° d ONLN d˛? úK– *IInfo. If the database cannot contain a session object, then no session is ° d ONLN dHM úY# * necessary to use the database. (‰òThe Database Suite )t27 ˇ ¬ ◊# ˇ ˇˇˇˇ # ◊
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. ° d ONLN d J 0 [Ä +Nv!DBMS—a database management system ` L `ˇ
° d ONLN d " g 0 s D *The ° d ONLN d & g D s f )cDBMS ° d ONLN d + g f s« )"P object class is the class for a particular brand of database management system. ° d ONLN d } 0 ã ` ( ß N
Superclass ° d ONLN d à Ñ ã § )TcObject ° d ONLN d è § ã € )
(Core suite) ° d ONLN dˇˇ ( € ¢typeAEDescList ° d ONLN d ù ó 0 £ T ( ø NDefault ° d ONLN d • • 0 ± ` *
Descriptor ° d ONLN d ± ≥ 0 ø G *Type ° d ONLN d « À 0 ◊ _ *
Properties ° d ONLN d ” › Z È ã +* pBestType ° d ONLN d › Ì Ñ ˘ º +* Description: ° d ONLN d Í Ì Ì ˘∫ )i-The descriptor type that can contain the most ° d ONLN d ˘ Ó≠ + -information from objects of this object class ° d ONLN dF Ñ Ã (1 ¢Object Class ID: ° d ONLN dW Ì )icType ° d ONLN d] Ñ% µ (A ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN dh Ì% )i
Yes, from ° d ONLN dr%9 ),cObject ° d ONLN dz) Ñ5 √ (Q ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN dâ5 ÑA ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dô5 ÌA7 )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN d®G ZS y (o xpClass ° d ONLN dØW Ñc º +* Description: ° d ONLN dºW ÌcΩ )i0The four-character class ID for the object class ° d ONLN dÌg Ñs à (è ¢Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d˛g Ìs )icType ° d ONLN dw ÑÉ µ (ü ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN dw ÌÉ9 )iYes, from cObject ° d ONLN d!á Ñì √ (Ø ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d0ì Ñü ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d@ì Ìü7 )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN dO• Z± õ (Õ x pDefaultType ° d ONLN d\µ Ñ¡ º +* Description: ° d ONLN diµ Ì¡æ )i0The default descriptor type for the object class ° d ONLN dö≈ Ñ— Ã (Ì ¢Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d´≈ Ì— )icType ° d ONLN d±’ Ñ· µ (˝ ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN dº’ Ì·9 )iYes, from cObject ° d ONLN dŒÂ ÑÒ √ (
¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d›Ò Ñ˝ ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dÌÒ Ì˝7 )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN d¸ Z | (+ xpName ° d ONLN d Ñ º +* Description: ° d ONLN d Ì I )iThe name of the cell ° d ONLN d$# Ñ/ à (K ¢Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d5# Ì/ )icText ° d ONLN d;3 Ñ? µ ([ ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN dF3 Ì? ˚ )iNo ° d ONLN dIC ÑO √ (k ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN dXO Ñ[ ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dhO Ì[! )i
. ° d ONLN d C H O ë +fkElement Classes ° d ONLN d U r a ¢ +* cDatabase ° d ONLN d e ú q ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN d ' e qr )iDatabases in the DBMS ° d ONLN d = u ú Å Õ ( ù ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN d H u Å )iNo ° d ONLN d K Ö ú ë € ( ≠ ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d Z ë ú ù Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d j ë ùO )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN d y ° õ ≠ Œ ( … π
Key Forms: ° d ONLN d Ñ ° ≠Ó )j/formAbsolutePosition, formName, formPropertyID, ° d ONLN d ¥ ≠ πÀ * )formRange, formRelativePosition, formTest ° d ONLN d fi ø r À ó ( Á êcSession ° d ONLN d Á œ ú € ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN d Ù œ €ó )i Active sessions using this DBMS ° d ONLN d fl ú Î Õ ( ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN d fl Î )iNo ° d ONLN d" Ô ú ˚ € ( ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d1 ˚ ú Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dA ˚9 )i
Modifiable ° d ONLN dL õ Œ (3 π
Key Forms: ° d ONLN dW )jNone ° d ONLN d\# H/ Ö (K f Apple Events ° d ONLN di# ú/3 )T!Apple events from the Core suite: ° d ONLN dã3 ú? · *Count Elements ° d ONLN dö3 ¸?a )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d±C úO ‰ (k ∫Do Objects Exist ° d ONLN d¬C ¸Oa )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN dŸS ú_ € ({ ∫Get Class Info ° d ONLN dËS ¸_a )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN dˇc úo Δ (ã ∫Get Data ° d ONLN dc ¸oa )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d s ú ‹ (õ ∫
Get Class Inf ° d ONLN d@≈ ÷—Z ): o event on the cHost object. If ° d ONLN d`≈Z— )ÑcSession ° d ONLN dh≈—Δ )% is present, then ° d ONLN dz” úfl√ (˚ ∫Bsend a Create Element event with a cSession object containing user ° d ONLN dΩ· úÌ‘ *Cname information. Once a DBMS is selected, the databases accessible ° d ONLN dÔ ú˚A *#by that DBMS brand can be selected. ° d ONLN d% ú” *ESome servers may not require a DBMS brand to be selected. If a server ° d ONLN dk ú Õ *Bcontains no DBMSs, the container for the database may be specified ° d ONLN dÆ! ú- € *as the host or ° d ONLN dΩ! €- ¯ )?NULL ° d ONLN d¡! ¯-ƒ ) 1 if there are no hosts. If a server contains only ° d ONLN dÛ/ ú;Ø (W ∫9one DBMS brand, then that DBMS should be specified as the ° d ONLN d-= úI * container for any databases. +fiThe Database Suite )t29 ˇ ‚ ◊# ˇ ˇˇˇˇ # ◊
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. ° d ONLN d J 0 [Ö +Nv%Host—a network host containing a DBMS ` L `∑ ° d ONLN d & b 0 s ê * or database
° d ONLN d 2 0 ã≈ *\The cHost object class is the class for a computer that runs one or more DBMS brands. If the ° d ONLN d è ç 0 ôä *KDBMS is being accessed over a network, the server becomes the network host. ° d ONLN d ‹ • 0 ± ` *
Superclass ° d ONLN d Á • Ñ ± € )TcObject (Core suite) ° d ONLN dˇˇ *4typeAEDescList ° d ONLN d ¸ Ω 0 … T (  NDefault ° d ONLN d À 0 ◊ ` *
Descriptor ° d ONLN d Ÿ 0 Â G *Type ° d ONLN d& Ò 0 ˝ _ *
Properties ° d ONLN d2 Z ã +* pBestType ° d ONLN d< Ñ º +* Description: ° d ONLN dI Ì ∫ )i-The descriptor type that can contain the most ° d ONLN dw Ó+≠ + -information from objects of this object class ° d ONLN d•/ Ñ; Ã (W ¢Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d∂/ Ì; )icType ° d ONLN dº? ÑK µ (g ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN d«? ÌK9 )iYes, from cObject ° d ONLN dŸO Ñ[ √ (w ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN dèπ Ñ≈ ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN düπ Ì≈7 )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN dÆÀ Z◊ õ (Û x pDefaultType ° d ONLN dª€ ÑÁ º +* Description: ° d ONLN d»€ ÌÁæ )i0The default descriptor type for the object class ° d ONLN d˘Î ј à ( ¢Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d
Π̘ )icType ° d ONLN d˚ Ñ µ (# ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN d˚ Ì9 )iYes, from cObject ° d ONLN d- Ñ √ (3 ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d< Ñ# ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dL Ì#7 )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN d[) Z5 | (Q xpName ° d ONLN da9 ÑE º +* Description: ° d ONLN dn9 ÌEL )iThe name of the host ° d ONLN dÉI ÑU Ã (q ¢Object Class ID: ° d ONLN dîI ÌU )icText ° d ONLN döY Ñe µ (Å ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN d•Y Ìe ˚ )iNo ° d ONLN d®i Ñu √ (ë ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d∑u ÑÅ ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d«u ÌÅ! )i
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. ° d ONLN d C H O ë +fkElement Classes ° d ONLN d U r a ¢ +* cDatabase ° d ONLN d e ú q ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN d ' e qk )iDatabases in this host ° d ONLN d > u ú Å Õ ( ù ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN d I u Å )iNo ° d ONLN d L Ö ú ë € ( ≠ ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d [ ë ú ù Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d k ë ùO )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN d z ° ú ≠ œ ( … ∫
Key Forms: ° d ONLN d Ö ° ≠Ó )i/formAbsolutePosition, formName, formPropertyID, ° d ONLN d µ ≠ πà + )formRange, formRelativePosition, formTest ° d ONLN d fl ø r À î ( Á êcDBMS ° d ONLN d  œ ú € ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN d Ú œ €§ )i DBMS brands handled by this host ° d ONLN d fl ú Î Õ ( ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN d fl Î )iNo ° d ONLN d! Ô ú ˚ € ( ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d0 ˚ ú Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d@ ˚O )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN dO õ Œ (3 π
Key Forms: ° d ONLN dZ Ó )j/formAbsolutePosition, formName, formPropertyID, ° d ONLN dä#À * )formRange, formRelativePosition, formTest ° d ONLN d¥) r5 ó (Q êcSession ° d ONLN dΩ9 úE ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN d 9Eç )i Active sessions using this host ° d ONLN dÍI úU Õ (q ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN dıIU )iNo ° d ONLN d¯Y úe € (Å ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN de úq Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN deq9 )i
Get Data Size ° d ONLN d› ¸Èa )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN dÌ ú˘ ≈ ( ∫Set Data ° d ONLN d#Ì ¸˘a )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d: H c (- fNotes ° d ONLN d@ úΔ )TBSome hosts do not require any specific connection. Other hosts may ° d ONLN dÉ ú æ *Brequire the user to log in. Determine this with the Get Class Info ° d ONLN dΔ! ú-‘ *Hevent on the cHost object. If cSession is present, send a Create Element ° d ONLN d/ ú;“ *Eevent with a cSession object containing user name information. Once a ° d ONLN dU= úI¡ *?host is selected, the DBMS brands or databases contained within ° d ONLN dïK úW *that host can be selected. +fiqThe Database Suite )t31 ˇ⁄ ◊# ˇ ˇˇˇˇ # ◊
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. ° d ONLN d C Ñ Oº +¢kHSome servers may not require a host to be selected. If a server contains ° d ONLN d I Q Ñ ]Æ *Ano hosts, the container for a DBMS may be specified as NULL. If a ° d ONLN d ã _ Ñ k∞ *Dserver contains only one host, then that host should be specified as ° d ONLN d – m Ñ y *the container for any DBMS. ° d ONLN d Ï É Ñ èª *ESome servers may not require a DBMS brand to be selected. If a server ° d ONLN d2 ë Ñ ù∑ *Ccontains no DBMSs, the container for a database may be specified as ° d ONLN dv ü Ñ ´3 *'the host or NULL if there are no hosts. (‰ N32 )$Apple Event Registry ˇ ä ◊# ˇ ˇˇˇˇ # ◊
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. ° d ONLN d J H [ +fvKey—an indexed column ` d `
° d ONLN d g H sfl *^The cKey object class is the class for a collection of indexed columns that can be searched or ° d ONLN d u u H Å ‰ *#sorted faster than regular columns. ° d ONLN d ö ç H ô x *
Superclass ° d ONLN d • ç ú ô Û )TcObject (Core suite) ° d ONLN dˇˇ *4typeKey ° d ONLN d ∫ • H ± l ( Õ fDefault ° d ONLN d ¬ ≥ H ø x *
Descriptor ° d ONLN d Œ ¡ H Õ _ *Type ° d ONLN d › Ÿ H  w *
Properties ° d ONLN d È Î r ˜ £ +* pBestType ° d ONLN d Û ˚ ú ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN d ˚“ )i-The descriptor type that can contain the most ° d ONLN d.≈ + -information from objects of this object class ° d ONLN d\ ú# ‰ (? ∫Object Class ID: ° d ONLN dm# )icType ° d ONLN ds' ú3 Õ (O ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN d~'3Q )iYes, from cObject ° d ONLN dê7 úC € (_ ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN düC úO Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dØCOO )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN dæU ra ë (} êpClass ° d ONLN d≈e úq ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN d“eq’ )i0The four-character class ID for the object class ° d ONLN du úÅ ‰ (ù ∫Object Class ID: ° d ONLN duÅ )icType ° d ONLN dÖ úë Õ (≠ ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN d%ÖëQ )iYes, from cObject ° d ONLN d7ï ú° € (Ω ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN dF° ú≠ Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dV°≠O )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN de≥ rø ≠ (€ ê pCurrentSort ° d ONLN dr√ úœ ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN d√œV )iSort type constant ° d ONLN dí” úfl ‰ (˚ ∫Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d£”flC )i
cShortInteger ° d ONLN d±„ úÔ Õ ( ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN dº„Ô )iNo ° d ONLN døÛ úˇ € ( ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN dŒˇ ú Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dfiˇ O )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN dÌ r ≥ (9 ê pDefaultType ° d ONLN d˙! ú- ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN d!-÷ )i0The default descriptor type for the object class ° d ONLN d81 ú= ‰ (Y ∫Object Class ID: ° d ONLN dI1= )icType ° d ONLN dOA úM Õ (i ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN dZAMQ )iYes, from cObject ° d ONLN dlQ ú] € (y ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d{] úi Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dã]iO )iNon-modifiable +u_The Database Suite )t33 ˇ ÷ ◊# ˇ ˇˇˇˇ # ◊
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. ° d ONLN d A Z M | +xipName ° d ONLN d Q Ñ ] º +* Description: ° d ONLN d Q Ì ]I )iThe name of the key ° d ONLN d ' a Ñ m à ( â ¢Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d 8 a Ì m )icText ° d ONLN d > q Ñ } µ ( ô ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d [ ç Ñ ô ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d k ç Ì ô! )i
Modifiable ° d ONLN d v ü Z ´ ô ( « x pPrimaryKey ° d ONLN d Ç Ø Ñ ª º +* Description: ° d ONLN d è Ø Ì ªƒ )i0Indicates that this key is the primary key for a ° d ONLN d ¿ ª Ó «‹ + 5table. There are no requirements for a primary key to ° d ONLN d ˆ « Ó ”À * 1exist, but for any table only one primary key may ° d ONLN d( ” Ó flŸ * 2exist. If pPrimaryKey is TRUE, then the key should ° d ONLN d[ fl Ó Îµ * )also be unique with pUniqueValue as TRUE. ° d ONLN dÖ Ô Ñ ˚ à ( ¢Object Class ID: ° d ONLN dñ Ô Ì ˚ )icBoolean ° d ONLN dü ˇ Ñ µ (' ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN d™ ˇ Ì ˚ )iNo ° d ONLN d≠ Ñ √ (7 ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN dº Ñ' ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dà Ì'7 )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN d€- Z9 ú (U x pUniqueValue ° d ONLN dË= ÑI º +* Description: ° d ONLN dı= ÌI )i3Indicates if the key is guaranteed to be unique for ° d ONLN d)I ÓUÕ + 0every row in the table. If pUniqueValue is TRUE, ° d ONLN dZU Óa‹ * 3then any attempt to create a new row with duplicate ° d ONLN déa Ómπ * .values or to modify an existing row to contain ° d ONLN dΩm Óy‡ * 6duplicate values will result in an errNotUnique error. ° d ONLN dÙ} Ñâ à (• ¢Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d} Ìâ )icBoolean ° d ONLN dç Ñô µ (µ ¢
Modifiable ° d ONLN dF¡ 0Õ y (È NElement Classes ° d ONLN dV› 0È V * cColumn ° d ONLN d^Ì Ñ˘ º +T Description: ° d ONLN dkÌ Ì˘C )iColumns in the key ° d ONLN d~˝ Ñ µ (% ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN dâ˝ Ì ˚ )iNo ° d ONLN då
Ñ √ (5 ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN dõ Ñ% ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d´ Ì%! )i
C ú O3 )T!Apple events from the Core suite: ° d ONLN d / S ú _ ∂ *Clone ° d ONLN d 5 S ¸ _a )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d L c ú o · ( ã ∫Count Elements ° d ONLN d [ c ¸ oa )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d r s ú ‚ ( õ ∫Create Element ° d ONLN d Å s ¸ a )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d ò É ú è ª ( ´ ∫Delete ° d ONLN d ü É ¸ èa )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d ∂ ì ú ü ‰ ( ª ∫Do Objects Exist ° d ONLN d « ì ¸ üa )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d fi £ ú Ø € ( À ∫Get Class Info ° d ONLN d Ì £ ¸ Øa )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d ≥ ú ø Δ ( € ∫Get Data ° d ONLN d
≥ ¸ øa )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d$ √ ú œ ‹ ( Î ∫
. ° d ONLN d J 0 [4 +Nv Row—a row of cells from a table ` L `ˇ
° d ONLN d g 0 s D *The ° d ONLN d $ g D s \ )cRow ° d ONLN d ( g \ sE ): object class is the class for a single record in a table. ° d ONLN d d 0 ã ` ( ß N
Superclass ° d ONLN d o Ñ ã € )TcObject (Core suite) ° d ONLN dˇˇ *4typeRow ° d ONLN d Ñ ó 0 £ T ( ø NDefault ° d ONLN d å • 0 ± ` *
Descriptor ° d ONLN d ò ≥ 0 ø G *Type ° d ONLN d ß À 0 ◊ _ *
Properties ° d ONLN d ≥ › Z È } +*pAccess ° d ONLN d ª Ì Ñ ˘ º +* Description: ° d ONLN d » Ì Ì ˘√ )i0Access privileges. (The value must be one of the ° d ONLN d ˘ ˘ Ó§ + (following or an additive combination of: ° d ONLN d" Ó0 *
kCreateAccess ° d ONLN d/0w )B, kDeleteAccess ° d ONLN d>w∑ )G
, kReadAccess ° d ONLN dK∑∫ )@, ° d ONLN dM Ó 4 (9
kUpdateAccess ° d ONLN dZ4 D )F, or ° d ONLN d_D É ) kWriteAccess ° d ONLN dkÉ ä )?.) ° d ONLN dn! Ñ- Ã (I ¢Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d! Ì-! )i
enumAccess ° d ONLN dä1 Ñ= µ (Y ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN dï1 Ì= ˚ )iNo ° d ONLN dòA ÑM √ (i ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN dßM ÑY ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d∑M ÌY7 )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN dΔ_ Zk ã (á x pBestType ° d ONLN d–o Ñ{ º +* Description: ° d ONLN d›o Ì{∫ )i-The descriptor type that can contain the most ° d ONLN d { Óá≠ + -information from objects of this object class ° d ONLN d9ã Ñó Ã (≥ ¢Object Class ID: ° d ONLN dJã Ìó )icType ° d ONLN dPõ Ñß µ (√ ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN d[õ Ìß9 )iYes, from cObject ° d ONLN dm´ Ñ∑ √ (” ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d|∑ Ñ√ ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN då∑ Ì√7 )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN dõ… Z’ y (Ò xpClass ° d ONLN d¢Ÿ Ñ º +* Description: ° d ONLN dØŸ ÌÂΩ )i0The four-character class ID for the object class ° d ONLN d‡È Ñı à ( ¢Object Class ID: ° d ONLN dÒÈ Ìı )icType ° d ONLN d˜˘ Ñ µ (! ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN d˘ Ì9 )iYes, from cObject ° d ONLN d Ñ √ (1 ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d# Ñ! ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d3 Ì!7 )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN dB' Z3 õ (O x pDefaultType ° d ONLN dO7 ÑC º +* Description: ° d ONLN d\7 ÌCæ )i0The default descriptor type for the object class ° d ONLN dçG ÑS Ã (o ¢Object Class ID: ° d ONLN dûG ÌS )icType ° d ONLN d§W Ñc µ ( ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN dØW Ìc9 )iYes, from cObject ° d ONLN d¡g Ñs √ (è ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d–s Ñ ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d‡s Ì7 )iNon-modifiable (‰ N36 )$Apple Event Registry ˇ é ◊# ˇ ˇˇˇˇ # ◊
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. ° d ONLN d A r M Ñ +êipID ° d ONLN d Q ú ] ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN d Q ]Ô )i4A unique ID for this row. Internally the ID property ° d ONLN d F ] i‚ + 2can be of any desired type. The Object Class ID is ° d ONLN d y i u‹ * 0listed as cText so that the ID can be handled by ° d ONLN d ™ u ÅŸ * .scripting systems. Most of the common ID types ° d ONLN d Ÿ Å çø * *should be easily coerced to and from text. ° d ONLN d ë ú ù ‰ ( π ∫Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d ë ù )icText ° d ONLN d ° ú ≠ Õ ( … ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN d& ° ≠ )iNo ° d ONLN d* ± ú Ω € ( Ÿ ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d9 Ω ú … Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dI Ω …O )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN dY œ r € ç ( ˜ êpLock ° d ONLN d_ fl ú Î ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN dl fl Θ )i9The lock status of the object in the current transaction. ° d ONLN d¶ Î ˜∫ + ((The value must be one of the following: ° d ONLN dœ ˜Œ * )kExclusiveLock, kNoLock, or kSharedLock.) ° d ONLN d˘ ú ‰ (/ ∫Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d
L )i
enumLockTypes ° d ONLN d ú# Õ (? ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN d## )iNo ° d ONLN d&' ú3 € (O ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d53 ú? Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dE3?9 )i
Modifiable ° d ONLN dPE rQ î (m êpName ° d ONLN dVU úa ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN dcUaa )iThe name of the row ° d ONLN dwe úq ‰ (ç ∫Object Class ID: ° d ONLN dàeq )icText ° d ONLN déu úÅ Õ (ù ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN dôuÅ )iNo ° d ONLN dúÖ úë € (≠ ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d´ë úù Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dªëù9 )i
Modifiable ° d ONLN dΔ£ rØ ¶ (À ê pProtection ° d ONLN d“≤ úæ ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN dfl≤æ¯ )i3Specifies whether the elements or pFormula property ° d ONLN dæ Ô + 5of the cell can be changed. (The value must be one of ° d ONLN dI ÷Ó * .the following: kAEFormulaProtect, kAEReadOnly, ° d ONLN dx÷‚` * or kAEReadWrite.) ° d ONLN dä úÒ ‰ (
∫Object Class ID: ° d ONLN dõÂÒJ )ienumProtection ° d ONLN d™Ù ú Õ ( ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN dµÙ )iNo ° d ONLN d∏ ú € (+ ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d« ú Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d◊9 )i
Modifiable ° d ONLN d‚' H3 ë (O fElement Classes ° d ONLN dÚ9 rE ä +*cCell ° d ONLN d¯H úT ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN dHT[ )iCells in the column ° d ONLN dW úc Õ ( ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN d$Wc )iNo ° d ONLN d(f úr € (é ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d7r ú~ Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dGr~9 )i
Key Forms: ° d ONLN d]ÅçÓ )j/formAbsolutePosition, formName, formPropertyID, ° d ONLN dççôÀ * )formRange, formRelativePosition, formTest +u/The Database Suite )t37 ˇ
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. ° d ONLN d A Z M x +xicTable ° d ONLN d Q Ñ ] º +* Description: ° d ONLN d Q Ì ]H )iName of the linkset ° d ONLN d ( a Ñ m µ ( â ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN d 3 a Ì m ˚ )iNo ° d ONLN d 6 q Ñ } √ ( ô ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d E } Ñ â ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d U } Ì â! )i
Modifiable ° d ONLN d ` ç É ô ∂ ( µ °
Key Forms: ° d ONLN d k ç Ì ô÷ )j/formAbsolutePosition, formName, formPropertyID, ° d ONLN d õ ô Ì •≥ * )formRange, formRelativePosition, formTest ° d ONLN d ≈ ± 0 Ω m ( Ÿ N Apple Events ° d ONLN d “ ± Ñ Ω )T!Apple events from the Core suite: ° d ONLN d Ù ¡ Ñ Õ û *Clone ° d ONLN d ˙ ¡ ‰ ÕI )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d — Ñ › … ( ˘ ¢Count Elements ° d ONLN d — ‰ ›I )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d7 · Ñ Ì ( ¢Create Element ° d ONLN dF · ‰ ÌI )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d] Ò Ñ ˝ £ ( ¢Delete ° d ONLN dd Ò ‰ ˝I )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d{ Ñ
à () ¢Do Objects Exist ° d ONLN då ‰
I )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d£ Ñ √ (9 ¢Get Class Info ° d ONLN d≤ ‰ I )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d…! Ñ- Æ (I ¢Get Data ° d ONLN d“! ‰-I )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN dÈ1 Ñ= ƒ (Y ¢
Get Data Size ° d ONLN d˜1 ‰=I )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN dA ÑM ù (i ¢Move ° d ONLN dA ‰MI )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d*Q Ñ] ≠ (y ¢Set Data ° d ONLN d3Q ‰]I )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN dJc Ño2 (ã ¢%Apple events from the Database suite: ° d ONLN dps Ñ ó *Sort ° d ONLN dus ‰$ )`
Not inherited ° d ONLN dÉã 0ó K (≥ NNotes ° d ONLN dâã Ñó≠ )TCEach row of a table is structured identically, except that variable ° d ONLN dÕô Ñ•¨ *Arepeating columns can have a different repeat value for each row. ° d ONLN dß Ñ≥s *5Rows may contain a table of other rows, representing ° d ONLN dDßs≥å )Ôchild ° d ONLN dIßå≥£ ) rows ° d ONLN dOµ Ñ¡ ∑ (› ¢ linked to a ° d ONLN d[µ ∑¡ ◊ )3parent ° d ONLN dbµ ◊¡û ) +row. However, the name of the cTable object ° d ONLN dé√ Ñœ∑ (Î ¢Econtained in a cRow object is the same as the name of the linkset and ° d ONLN d‘— Ñ›? **not the name of the child row’s container. ° d ONLN dˇÁ ÑÛ é *A ° d ONLN dÁ éÛ Æ )
. ° d ONLN d C ú Oº +∫kAeach linkset are those records that are related to the particular ° d ONLN d B Q ú ] € *parent record. ° d ONLN d Q g ú s≥ *>In the case of a network database, records are related through ° d ONLN d ê u ú Å« *Bexplicit operations that add or remove child records from a parent ° d ONLN d ” É ú èŒ *Frecord. These operations do not create or delete any records, instead, ° d ONLN d ë ú ù¢ *8they maintain the relationships between the records. The ° d ONLN dS ü ú ´… *Dimplementation may be a linked list of child records. In the case of ° d ONLN dò ≠ ú π∏ *>the customer-invoice database, each child record invoice has a ° d ONLN d◊ ª ú «æ *Breference to the next and previous child record in addition to the ° d ONLN d … ú ’ € *parent record. ° d ONLN d* fl ú Î∑ *=A relational database can map linksets by performing a search ° d ONLN dh Ì ú ˘æ *Boperation to find all of the child rows. Note that in a relational ° d ONLN d´ ˚ ú≤ *=database the “linking” field is usually indexed. The customer ° d ONLN dÈ ú≈ *Eaccount field in the invoices table is indexed in order to allow fast ° d ONLN d/ ú#Õ *Eretrieval of all invoices related to a particular customer. A network ° d ONLN du% ú1¿ *Bdatabase will simply map the existing sets to the linkset objects. ° d ONLN d∏; úGœ *BLinksets are easily mapped into the Database suite by allowing the ° d ONLN d˚I úU‘ *Gparent row to contain a table object, which in turn contains each child ° d ONLN dCW úcŒ *Crow. The name of the table is taken from the linkset name, which in ° d ONLN dáe úq≈ *Bturn is taken from the naming convention in a particular database. ° d ONLN d { úრ*@Some relational databases will not explicitly identify where the ° d ONLN d â úï° *9relationship exists. These databases have no linksets and ° d ONLN dEó ú£ƒ *Arelationships are defined by the users of the database performing ° d ONLN dá• ú±æ *@explicit find operations, which can also be executed through the ° d ONLN d»≥ úø *Apple event interface. (‰òThe Database Suite )t39 ˇ ◊# ˇ ˇˇˇˇ # ◊
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. ° d ONLN d J 0 [x +Nv&RowSelection—a saved selection of rows ` L `ˇ
° d ONLN d ' g 0 s D *The ° d ONLN d + g D s Ü )
cRowSelection ° d ONLN d 8 g Ü sÕ )BN object class is the class that represents an arbitrary selection of rows in a ° d ONLN d á u 0 Åfl ( ù NbDBMS. Since some selections may be difficult or time consuming to collect, this object is intended ° d ONLN d Í É 0 è ˛ */as a way to save arbitrary collections of rows. ° d ONLN d õ 0 ß ` *
Superclass ° d ONLN d% õ Ñ ß ¢ )TcTable ° d ONLN d+ õ ¢ ß ) (Database suite) ° d ONLN dˇˇ ( ˜ ¢typeRowSelection ° d ONLN d= ≥ 0 ø T ( € NDefault ° d ONLN dE ¡ 0 Õ ` *
Descriptor ° d ONLN dQ œ 0 € G *Type ° d ONLN di Á 0 Û _ *
Properties ° d ONLN du ˘ Z } +*pAccess ° d ONLN d} Ñ º +* Description: ° d ONLN dä Ì√ )i0Access privileges. (The value must be one of the ° d ONLN dª Ó!§ + (following or an additive combination of: ° d ONLN d‰! Ó-0 *
kCreateAccess ° d ONLN dÒ!0-w )B, kDeleteAccess ° d ONLN d !w-∑ )G
, kReadAccess ° d ONLN d
!∑-∫ )@, ° d ONLN d- Ó94 (U
kUpdateAccess ° d ONLN d -49D )F, or ° d ONLN d!-D9É ) kWriteAccess ° d ONLN d--É9ä )?.) ° d ONLN d0= ÑI Ã (e ¢Object Class ID: ° d ONLN dA= ÌI! )i
enumAccess ° d ONLN dLM ÑY µ (u ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN dWM ÌY ˝ )iYes ° d ONLN d[] Ñi √ (Ö ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN dji Ñu ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dzi Ìu7 )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN dâ{ Zá ã (£ x pBestType ° d ONLN dìã Ñó º +* Description: ° d ONLN d†ã Ìó∫ )i-The descriptor type that can contain the most ° d ONLN dŒó Ó£≠ + -information from objects of this object class ° d ONLN d¸ß Ñ≥ à (œ ¢Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d
ß Ì≥ )icType ° d ONLN d∑ Ñ√ µ (fl ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN d ∑ Ì√9 )iYes, from cObject ° d ONLN d0« Ñ” √ (Ô ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d?” Ñfl ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dO” Ìfl7 )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN d^Â ZÒ y (
xpClass ° d ONLN deı Ñ º +* Description: ° d ONLN drı ÌΩ )i0The four-character class ID for the object class ° d ONLN d£ Ñ Ã (- ¢Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d¥ Ì )icType ° d ONLN d∫ Ñ! µ (= ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN d≈ Ì!9 )iYes, from cObject ° d ONLN d◊% Ñ1 √ (M ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN dÊ1 Ñ= ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dˆ1 Ì=7 )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN dC ZO õ (k x pDefaultType ° d ONLN dR Ñ^ º +* Description: ° d ONLN d R Ì^æ )i0The default descriptor type for the object class ° d ONLN dPa Ñm à (â ¢Object Class ID: ° d ONLN daa Ìm )icType ° d ONLN dgp Ñ| µ (ò ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN drp Ì|9 )iYes, from cObject ° d ONLN dÑ Ñã √ (ß ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN dìã Ñó ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d£ã Ìó7 )iNon-modifiable (‰ N40 )$Apple Event Registry ˇ
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. ° d ONLN d A r M è +êipKind ° d ONLN d Q ú ] ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN d Q ]‰ )i4Defines the property as a cursor, linkset, table, or ° d ONLN d H ] i÷ + .view. (The value must be one of the following: ° d ONLN d w i u± * %kCursor, kLinkset, kTable, or kView.) ° d ONLN d ù y ú Ö ‰ ( ° ∫Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d Æ y ÖQ )ienumTableTypes ° d ONLN d Ω â ú ï Õ ( ± ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN d » â ï )iYes ° d ONLN d à ô ú • € ( ¡ ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d € • ú ± Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d Î • ±O )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN d ˙ ∑ r √ ç ( fl êpLock ° d ONLN d « ú ” ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN d
« ”˜ )i9The lock status of the object in the current transaction. ° d ONLN dG ” fl∫ + ((The value must be one of the following: ° d ONLN dp fl ÎŒ * )kExclusiveLock, kNoLock, or kSharedLock.) ° d ONLN dö Ô ú ˚ ‰ ( ∫Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d´ Ô ˚L )i
enumLockTypes ° d ONLN dπ ˇ ú Õ (' ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN dƒ ˇ )iNo ° d ONLN d« ú € (7 ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d÷ ú' Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dÊ'9 )i
Modifiable ° d ONLN dÒ- r9 î (U êpName ° d ONLN d˜= úI ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN d=Ih )iThe name of the table ° d ONLN dM úY ‰ (u ∫Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d+MY )icText ° d ONLN d1] úi Õ (Ö ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN d<]i )iNo ° d ONLN d?m úy € (ï ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN dNy úÖ Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d^yÖ9 )i
Modifiable ° d ONLN diã ró ¶ (≥ ê pProtection ° d ONLN duõ úß ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN dÇõ߯ )i3Specifies whether the elements or pFormula property ° d ONLN d∂ß≥Ô + 5of the cell can be changed. (The value must be one of ° d ONLN dÏ≥øÓ * .the following: kAEFormulaProtect, kAEReadOnly, ° d ONLN døÀ` * or kAEReadWrite.) ° d ONLN d-œ ú€ ‰ (˜ ∫Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d>œ€J )ienumProtection ° d ONLN dMfl úÎ Õ ( ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN dXflÎ )iYes ° d ONLN d\Ô ú˚ € ( ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN dk˚ ú Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d{˚9 )i
Modifiable ° d ONLN dÜ
r ú (5 êpRowIDs ° d ONLN dé ú) ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN dõ )— )i0A list of row IDs for the rows in this selection ° d ONLN dÃ- ú9 ‰ (U ∫Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d›-9) )icAEList ° d ONLN dÂ= úI Õ (e ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN d=I )iNo ° d ONLN dÛM úY € (u ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN dY úe Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dYeO )iNon-modifiable +ucThe Database Suite )t41 ˇ
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. ° d ONLN d C 0 O y +NkElement Classes ° d ONLN d U Z a Ä +*cColumn ° d ONLN d e Ñ q º +* Description: ° d ONLN d % e Ì qJ )iColumns in the table ° d ONLN d : u Ñ Å µ ( ù ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN d E u Ì Å ˝ )iYes ° d ONLN d I Ö Ñ ë √ ( ≠ ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d X ë Ñ ù ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d h ë Ì ù! )i
Modifiable ° d ONLN d s ° É ≠ ∂ ( … °
Key Forms: ° d ONLN d ~ ° Ì ≠÷ )j/formAbsolutePosition, formName, formPropertyID, ° d ONLN d Æ ≠ Ì π≥ * )formRange, formRelativePosition, formTest ° d ONLN d Ÿ ø Z À q ( Á xcKey ° d ONLN d fi œ Ñ € º +* Description: ° d ONLN d Î œ Ì €ê )i$Key or indexed columns in this table ° d ONLN d fl Ñ Î µ ( ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN d fl Ì Î ˝ )iYes ° d ONLN d Ô Ñ ˚ √ ( ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d. ˚ Ñ ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d> ˚ Ì! )i
Modifiable ° d ONLN dI É ∂ (3 °
Key Forms: ° d ONLN dT Ì÷ )j/formAbsolutePosition, formName, formPropertyID, ° d ONLN dÑ Ì#≥ * )formRange, formRelativePosition, formTest ° d ONLN dÆ) Z5 r (Q xcRow ° d ONLN d≥9 ÑE º +* Description: ° d ONLN d¿9 ÌE< )iRows in the table ° d ONLN d“I ÑU µ (q ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN d›I ÌU ˝ )iYes ° d ONLN d·Y Ñe √ (Å ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN de Ñq ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d e Ìq! )i
Get Data Size ° d ONLN d¢ ‰%I )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN dπ) Ñ5 ≠ (Q ¢Set Data ° d ONLN d¬) ‰5I )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN dŸ; ÑG2 (c ¢%Apple events from the Database suite: ° d ONLN dˇK ÑW ó *Sort ° d ONLN dK ‰W$ )`
. ° d ONLN d C H O c +fkNotes ° d ONLN d C ú O√ )TATo create a cRowSelection object, use a Create Element event with ° d ONLN d H Q ú ]ã */keyAEData parameter being typeRowSelection. The ° d ONLN d x _ ú k± *<typeRowSelection parameter contains an object specifier that ° d ONLN d µ m ú yÀ *Fresolves to a set of rows. Once created, a cRowSelection object can be ° d ONLN d ¸ { ú á *Dused as a reference to the rows without the tests that were required ° d ONLN dA â ú ï9 *%in the original object specification. ° d ONLN dg ü ú ´… *GSelections consist of rows in the form of a table. The selection object ° d ONLN dØ ≠ ú π» *Fcan be a list of row IDs that are used to reference the actual rows in ° d ONLN dˆ ª ú « *Htheir original locations. The selection object can also be used as if it ° d ONLN d? … ú ’∂ *=were a table. Although the actual implementation is up to the ° d ONLN d} ◊ ú „« *Dserver, a selection should be similar to a table made up of the rows ° d ONLN d¬  ú Ò… *?named in the pRowIDs property when the elements are referenced. ° d ONLN d Û ú ˇ≥ *@A selection should also be able to return a list of row IDs when ° d ONLN dE ú
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. ° d ONLN d J 0 [± +Nv.Session—an active session connected to a host, ` L `ˇ ° d ONLN d / b 0 s – *DBMS, or database
Superclass ° d ONLN dfi œ Ñ € € )TcObject (Core suite) ° d ONLN dˇˇ *. typeSession ° d ONLN dÛ Â 0 Ò T (
NDefault ° d ONLN d˚ Ò 0 ˝ ` *
Descriptor ° d ONLN d ˝ 0 G * Type ° d ONLN d 0! _ *
Properties ° d ONLN d&% Z1 É +*pAccount ° d ONLN d/5 ÑA º +* Description: ° d ONLN d<5 ÌAh )iAn optional account number ° d ONLN dWE ÑQ Ã (m ¢Object Class ID: ° d ONLN dhE ÌQ )icText ° d ONLN dnU Ña µ (} ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN dyU Ìa ˚ )iNo ° d ONLN d}e Ñq √ (ç ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN dåq Ñ} ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dúq Ì}! )i
Inherited? ° d ONLN d=Ω Ì…9 )iYes, from cObject ° d ONLN dOÕ ÑŸ √ (ı ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d^Ÿ Ñ ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dnŸ ÌÂ7 )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN d}È Zı y ( xpClass ° d ONLN dÑ˘ Ñ º +* Description: ° d ONLN dë˘ ÌΩ )i0The four-character class ID for the object class ° d ONLN d¬ Ñ Ã (1 ¢Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d” Ì )icType ° d ONLN dŸ Ñ% µ (A ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN d‰ Ì%9 )iYes, from cObject ° d ONLN dˆ) Ñ5 √ (Q ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d5 ÑA ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d5 ÌA7 )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN d$E ZQ õ (m x pDefaultType ° d ONLN d1T Ñ` º +* Description: ° d ONLN d>T Ì`æ )i0The default descriptor type for the object class ° d ONLN doc Ño à (ã ¢Object Class ID: ° d ONLN dÄc Ìo )icType ° d ONLN dÜr Ñ~ µ (ö ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d≤ç Ñô ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d¬ç Ìô7 )iNon-modifiable (‰ N44 )$Apple Event Registry ˇ
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. ° d ONLN d A r M ë +êipGuest ° d ONLN d Q ú ] ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN d Q ]˜ )i6Whether the user name and account is used to log in or ° d ONLN d K ] i„ + 2whether the user is signed in at the default guest ° d ONLN d ~ i u * level ° d ONLN d Ñ y ú Ö ‰ ( ° ∫Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d ï y Ö. )icBoolean ° d ONLN d û â ú ï Õ ( ± ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d º • ú ± Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d à • ±9 )i
Modifiable ° d ONLN d ÿ ∑ r √ Ñ ( fl êpID ° d ONLN d ‹ « ú ” ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN d È « ”” )i/A unique ID for this session. Internally the ID ° d ONLN d ” flÙ + 5property can be of any desired type. The Object Class ° d ONLN dO fl ÎÙ * 6ID is listed as cText so that the ID can be handled by ° d ONLN dÜ Î ˜Ÿ * .scripting systems. Most of the common ID types ° d ONLN dµ ˜ø * *should be easily coerced to and from text. ° d ONLN d‡ ú ‰ (/ ∫Object Class ID: ° d ONLN dÒ )icText ° d ONLN d˜ ú# Õ (? ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN d# )iNo ° d ONLN d' ú3 € (O ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d3 ú? Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d%3?O )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN d5E rQ ≈ (m êpOpenTransaction ° d ONLN dFU úa ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN dSUaz )iCurrent transaction(s) list ° d ONLN doe úq ‰ (ç ∫Object Class ID: ° d ONLN dÄeq> )i cLongInteger ° d ONLN dçu úÅ Õ (ù ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN dòuÅ )iNo ° d ONLN dúÖ úë € (≠ ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d´ë úù Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dªëùO )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN dÀ£ rØ £ (À ê pPassword ° d ONLN d’≥ úø ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN d‚≥øÏ )i2The password supplied to authenticate this session ° d ONLN d√ úœ ‰ (Î ∫Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d&√œ )icText ° d ONLN d,” úfl Õ (˚ ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN d7”fl )iNo ° d ONLN d;„ úÔ € ( ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN dJÔ ú˚ Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dZÔ˚9 )i
Modifiable ° d ONLN df r
ç () êpUser ° d ONLN dl ú ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN dy ¶ )i#The user name used to access the DB ° d ONLN dù! ú- ‰ (I ∫Object Class ID: ° d ONLN dÆ!- )icText ° d ONLN d¥1 ú= Õ (Y ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN dø1= )iNo ° d ONLN d√A úM € (i ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d“M úY Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d‚MYO )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN dÚe Hq ë (ç fElement Classes ° d ONLN de úq ¥ )TNone +fiWThe Database Suite )t45 ˇ ‘ ◊# ˇ ˇˇˇˇ # ◊
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C Ñ O )T!Apple events from the Core suite: ° d ONLN d / S Ñ _ … *Count Elements ° d ONLN d > S ‰ _I )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d U c Ñ o ( ã ¢Create Element ° d ONLN d d c ‰ oI )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d { s Ñ £ ( õ ¢Delete ° d ONLN d Ç s ‰ I )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d ô É Ñ è Ã ( ´ ¢Do Objects Exist ° d ONLN d ™ É ‰ èI )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d ¡ ì Ñ ü √ ( ª ¢Get Class Info ° d ONLN d – ì ‰ üI )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d Á £ Ñ Ø Æ ( À ¢Get Data ° d ONLN d £ ‰ ØI )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d ≥ Ñ ø ƒ ( € ¢
Get Data Size ° d ONLN d ≥ ‰ øI )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d, √ Ñ œ ≠ ( Î ¢Set Data ° d ONLN d5 √ ‰ œI )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN dL ’ Ñ ·2 ( ˝ ¢%Apple events from the Database suite: ° d ONLN dr Â Ñ Ò ’ *Begin Transaction ° d ONLN dÑ Â ‰ Ò$ )`
. ° d ONLN d C ú Oº +∫kASessions are opened upon creation of the cSession object with the ° d ONLN d B Q ú ]– *CCreate Element event. The initial values are provided in the Create ° d ONLN d Ü _ ú k” *EElement event’s typeSession record, but they may be rejected based on ° d ONLN d à m ú yÕ *Gthe server’s verification process. If the values are rejected, then the ° d ONLN d { ú á *Esession is not created, and the Create Element event returns an error ° d ONLN dZ â ú ïÕ *Athrough the keyErrorString parameter. If the Create Element event ° d ONLN dú ó ú £Ã *Fsucceeds, then the returned object specifier can be saved and used for ° d ONLN d„ • ú ±* *"future references to this session. ° d ONLN d ª ú «” *FSome objects may not require a session element. Use the Get Class Info ° d ONLN dM … ú ’ø *Devent or an object that has a cSession element to see if it actually ° d ONLN dí ◊ ú „– *Hrequires one. If it does, you must create the session object with Create ° d ONLN d€  ú ÒÕ *GElement before using the object. All of the properties of a session are ° d ONLN d# Û ú ˇæ *Aoptional, depending on the server’s needs. A Get Class Info event ° d ONLN de ú
. ° d ONLN d J 0 [Ü +Nv)Table—a table of rows, columns, and cells ` L `Õ ° d ONLN d * b 0 s ¥ *from a database
° d ONLN d : 0 ã∑ *\The cTable object class is the class for tables. A table is a collection of rows and columns ° d ONLN d ò ç 0 ô p *in a database. ° d ONLN d ß • 0 ± ` *
Superclass ° d ONLN d ≤ • Ñ ± € )TcObject (Core suite) ° d ONLN dˇˇ *. typeTable ° d ONLN d « ª 0 « T ( „ NDefault ° d ONLN d œ « 0 ” ` *
Descriptor ° d ONLN d € ” 0 fl G * Type ° d ONLN d Ï Î 0 ˜ _ *
Properties ° d ONLN d ¯ ˝ Z } +*pAccess ° d ONLN d
Ñ º +* Description: ° d ONLN d
Ì√ )i0Access privileges. (The value must be one of the ° d ONLN d> Ó%§ + (following or an additive combination of: ° d ONLN dg% Ó10 *
kCreateAccess ° d ONLN dt%01w )B, kDeleteAccess ° d ONLN dÉ%w1∑ )G
, kReadAccess ° d ONLN dê%∑1∫ )@, ° d ONLN dí1 Ó=4 (Y
kUpdateAccess ° d ONLN dü14=D )F, or ° d ONLN d§1D=É ) kWriteAccess ° d ONLN d∞1É=ä )?.) ° d ONLN d≥A ÑM Ã (i ¢Object Class ID: ° d ONLN dƒA ÌM! )i
enumAccess ° d ONLN dœQ Ñ] µ (y ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN d⁄Q Ì] ˚ )iNo ° d ONLN d›a Ñm √ (â ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN dÏm Ñy ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d¸m Ìy7 )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN d Zã ã (ß x pBestType ° d ONLN dè Ñõ º +* Description: ° d ONLN d"è Ìõ∫ )i-The descriptor type that can contain the most ° d ONLN dPõ Óß≠ + -information from objects of this object class ° d ONLN d~´ Ñ∑ à (” ¢Object Class ID: ° d ONLN dè´ Ì∑ )icType ° d ONLN dïª Ñ« µ („ ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN d†ª Ì«9 )iYes, from cObject ° d ONLN d≤À Ñ◊ √ (Û ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d¡◊ Ñ„ ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d—◊ Ì„7 )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN d‡È Zı y ( xpClass ° d ONLN dÁ¯ Ñ º +* Description: ° d ONLN dÙ¯ ÌΩ )i0The four-character class ID for the object class ° d ONLN d% Ñ Ã (/ ¢Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d6 Ì )icType ° d ONLN d< Ñ" µ (> ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN dG Ì"9 )iYes, from cObject ° d ONLN dY% Ñ1 √ (M ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN dh1 Ñ= ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dx1 Ì=7 )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN dáC ZO õ (k x pDefaultType ° d ONLN dîR Ñ^ º +* Description: ° d ONLN d°R Ì^æ )i0The default descriptor type for the object class ° d ONLN d“a Ñm à (â ¢Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d„a Ìm )icType ° d ONLN dÈp Ñ| µ (ò ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN dÙp Ì|9 )iYes, from cObject ° d ONLN d Ñã √ (ß ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN dã Ñó ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d%ã Ìó7 )iNon-modifiable (‰ N48 )$Apple Event Registry ˇ
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. ° d ONLN d A r M è +êipKind ° d ONLN d Q ú ] ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN d Q ]‰ )i4Defines the property as a cursor, linkset, table, or ° d ONLN d H ] i÷ + .view. (The value must be one of the following: ° d ONLN d w i u± * %kCursor, kLinkset, kTable, or kView.) ° d ONLN d ù y ú Ö ‰ ( ° ∫Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d Æ y ÖQ )ienumTableTypes ° d ONLN d Ω â ú ï Õ ( ± ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN d » â ï )iNo ° d ONLN d À ô ú • € ( ¡ ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d ⁄ • ú ± Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d Í • ±O )iNon-modifiable ° d ONLN d ˘ ∑ r √ ç ( fl êpLock ° d ONLN d ˇ « ú ” ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN d « ”˜ )i9The lock status of the object in the current transaction. ° d ONLN dF ” fl∫ + ((The value must be one of the following: ° d ONLN do fl ÎŒ * )kExclusiveLock, kNoLock, or kSharedLock.) ° d ONLN dô Ô ú ˚ ‰ ( ∫Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d™ Ô ˚L )i
enumLockTypes ° d ONLN d∏ ˇ ú Õ (' ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN d√ ˇ )iNo ° d ONLN dΔ ú € (7 ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d’ ú' Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dÂ'9 )i
Modifiable ° d ONLN d- r9 î (U êpName ° d ONLN dˆ= úI ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN d=Ih )iThe name of the table ° d ONLN dM úY ‰ (u ∫Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d*MY )icText ° d ONLN d0] úi Õ (Ö ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN d;]i )iNo ° d ONLN d>m úy € (ï ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN dMy úÖ Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d]yÖ9 )i
Modifiable ° d ONLN dhã ró ¶ (≥ ê pProtection ° d ONLN dtõ úß ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN dÅõ߯ )i3Specifies whether the elements or pFormula property ° d ONLN dµß≥Ô + 5of the cell can be changed. (The value must be one of ° d ONLN dÎ≥øÓ * .the following: kAEFormulaProtect, kAEReadOnly, ° d ONLN døÀ` * or kAEReadWrite.) ° d ONLN d,œ ú€ ‰ (˜ ∫Object Class ID: ° d ONLN d=œ€J )ienumProtection ° d ONLN dLfl úÎ Õ ( ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN dWflÎ )iNo ° d ONLN dZÔ ú˚ € ( ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN di˚ ú Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dy˚9 )i
Modifiable ° d ONLN dÑ H ë (; fElement Classes ° d ONLN dî% r1 ä +*cCell ° d ONLN dö5 úA ‘ +* Description: ° d ONLN dß5AT )iCells in the table ° d ONLN d∫E úQ Õ (m ∫
Inherited? ° d ONLN d≈EQ )iNo ° d ONLN d»U úa € (} ∫
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d◊a úm Î * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dÁam9 )i
Modifiable ° d ONLN dÚq õ} Œ (ô π
Key Forms: ° d ONLN d˝q}Ó )j/formAbsolutePosition, formName, formPropertyID, ° d ONLN d-}âÀ * )formRange, formRelativePosition, formTest +u?The Database Suite )t49 ˇ
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. ° d ONLN d A Z M Ä +xicColumn ° d ONLN d Q Ñ ] º +* Description: ° d ONLN d Q Ì ]J )iColumns in the table ° d ONLN d * a Ñ m µ ( â ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN d 5 a Ì m ˚ )iNo ° d ONLN d 8 q Ñ } √ ( ô ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d G } Ñ â ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d W } Ì â! )i
Modifiable ° d ONLN d b ç É ô ∂ ( µ °
Key Forms: ° d ONLN d m ç Ì ô÷ )j/formAbsolutePosition, formName, formPropertyID, ° d ONLN d ù ô Ì •≥ * )formRange, formRelativePosition, formTest ° d ONLN d » ´ Z ∑ q ( ” xcKey ° d ONLN d Õ ª Ñ « º +* Description: ° d ONLN d ⁄ ª Ì «ê )i$Key or indexed columns in this table ° d ONLN d ˇ À Ñ ◊ µ ( Û ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN d
À Ì ◊ ˚ )iNo ° d ONLN d
€ Ñ Á √ ( ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN d Á Ñ Û ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN d, Á Ì Û! )i
Modifiable ° d ONLN d7 ˜ É ∂ ( °
Key Forms: ° d ONLN dB ˜ Ì÷ )j/formAbsolutePosition, formName, formPropertyID, ° d ONLN dr Ì≥ * )formRange, formRelativePosition, formTest ° d ONLN dù Z! r (= xcRow ° d ONLN d¢% Ñ1 º +* Description: ° d ONLN dØ% Ì1< )iRows in the table ° d ONLN d¡5 ÑA µ (] ¢
Inherited? ° d ONLN dÃ5 ÌA ˚ )iNo ° d ONLN dœE ÑQ √ (m ¢
Modifiable or ° d ONLN dfiQ Ñ] ” * Non-modifiable? ° d ONLN dÓQ Ì]! )i
Modifiable ° d ONLN d˘a Ém ∂ (â °
Key Forms: ° d ONLN da Ìm÷ )j/formAbsolutePosition, formName, formPropertyID, ° d ONLN d4m Ìy≥ * )formRange, formRelativePosition, formTest ° d ONLN d_Ö 0ë m (≠ N Apple Events ° d ONLN dlÖ Ñë )T!Apple events from the Core suite: ° d ONLN déï Ñ° û *Clone ° d ONLN dîï ‰°I )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d´• ѱ … (Õ ¢Count Elements ° d ONLN d∫• ‰±I )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d—µ Ñ¡ (› ¢Create Element ° d ONLN d‡µ ‰¡I )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d˜≈ Ñ— £ (Ì ¢Delete ° d ONLN d˛≈ ‰—I )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d’ Ñ· à (˝ ¢Do Objects Exist ° d ONLN d&’ ‰·I )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d= ÑÒ √ (
¢Get Class Info ° d ONLN dLÂ ‰ÒI )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN dcı Ñ Æ ( ¢Get Data ° d ONLN dlı ‰I )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN dÉ Ñ ƒ (- ¢
Get Data Size ° d ONLN dë ‰I )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d® Ñ! ù (= ¢Move ° d ONLN d≠ ‰!I )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN dƒ% Ñ1 ≠ (M ¢Set Data ° d ONLN dÕ% ‰1I )`Inherited from cObject ° d ONLN d‰7 ÑC2 (_ ¢%Apple events from the Database suite: ° d ONLN d
. ° d ONLN d J H [« +fv.Descriptor types defined in the Database suite ` d `
° d ONLN d / o H {∂ *!QThe descriptor types defined in the Database suite are described in the following ° d ONLN d Å } H â */sections. Table 3 lists these descriptor types. ,
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° d ONLN d Í ¿ H À ê ( Á fDescriptor type ° d ONLN d ˙ ¿ ≈ À ˚ )} Description ‹ d ‹ Ï d Ï
° d ONLN d ÷ H ‚ q ( ˛ ftypeCell ° d ONLN d ÷ ≈ ‚ ˚ )}
A cell object ° d ONLN d Ê H Ú ( f
typeColumn ° d ONLN d( Ê ≈ Ú )}A column object ° d ONLN d8 ˆ H p ( ftypeKey ° d ONLN d@ ˆ ≈ )}A key fields object ° d ONLN dT H q (. ftypeRow ° d ONLN d\ ≈ ˚ )} A row object ° d ONLN di H" õ (> ftypeRowSelection ° d ONLN dz ≈"% )}A row selection object ° d ONLN dë& H2 ~ (N f typeSession ° d ONLN dù& ≈2 )}A session object ° d ONLN dÆ6 HB w (^ f typeTable ° d ONLN d∏6 ≈B )}A table object (‰òThe Database Suite )t51 ˇfi ◊# ˇ ˇˇˇˇ # ◊
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. ° d ONLN d J 0 [ È +NvtypeCell—a cell object ` L `ˇ
° d ONLN d o 0 { : *!A ° d ONLN d o : { e )
typeCell ° d ONLN d " o e {ã )+Edescriptor record contains data to create or retrieve a cCell object. ° d ONLN d h á 0 ì e ( Ø N Description ° d ONLN d t á Ñ ìß )TATo create a typeCell descriptor record, you coerce an Apple event ° d ONLN d ∂ ï Ñ °≤ *Crecord containing the following fields into the equivalent typeCell ° d ONLN d ˙ £ Ñ Ø ” *descriptor record.
° d ONLN d
ª Ñ Δ ¨ *Keyword ° d ONLN d ª Î Δ3 )gDescriptor type ° d ONLN d% ªH Δ~ )] Description ◊ † ◊ˇ Á † Áˇ
° d ONLN d1 — Ñ › ª ( ˘ ¢ keyAEData ° d ONLN d; — Î › )g
typeAEList ° d ONLN dF —H ›÷ )]!A list of values in the cell with ° d ONLN dh flH Î≥ *the format described by ° d ONLN dÄ ÌH ˘¢ *keyAEDefaultType ° d ONLN dë ˝ Ñ fi (% ¢keyAEDefaultType ° d ONLN d¢ ˝ Î )gtypeType ° d ONLN d´ ˝H ≠ )]The default data type ° d ONLN d¡
Ñ … (5 ¢ keyAEFormula ° d ONLN dŒ
Î )gtypeChar ° d ONLN d◊
Hö )]The cell’s formula ° d ONLN dÍ Ñ) ø (E ¢ keyAEName ° d ONLN dÙ Î) )gtypeChar ° d ONLN d˝ H)§ )]The name of the cell ° d ONLN d- Ñ9 — (U ¢keyAEProtection ° d ONLN d"- Î99 )gtypeEnumeration ° d ONLN d2-H9∑ )]The formula’s protection ° d ONLN dK= ÑI ÿ (e ¢keyAERepeatSize ° d ONLN d[= ÎI5 )gtypeLongInteger ° d ONLN dk=HI≤ )]The number of values in ° d ONLN dÉKHWë *keyAEData list ° d ONLN día Ñm§ (â ¢<Note that the Apple Event Manager can coerce any Apple event ° d ONLN dœo Ñ{∞ *Drecord into any other descriptor type. A special coercion handler is ° d ONLN d} Ñâ Ω *
not required. ° d ONLN d#ï 0° ^ (Ω N Data Size ° d ONLN d-ï Ñ° Æ )TVariable (‰ N52 )$Apple Event Registry ˇ
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. ° d ONLN d J H [A +fvtypeColumn—a column object ` d `
° d ONLN d o H {≠ *!OA typeColumn descriptor record contains the data needed to create or retrieve a ° d ONLN d k } H â å *cColumn object. ° d ONLN d { ï H ° } * Description ° d ONLN d á ï ú °Õ )TCTo create a typeColumn descriptor record, you coerce an Apple event ° d ONLN d À £ ú Øü *:record containing the following fields into the equivalent ° d ONLN d ± ú Ω$ * typeColumn descriptor record.
° d ONLN d$ … ú ‘ ƒ *Keyword ° d ONLN d, … ‘K )gDescriptor type ° d ONLN d= …q ‘ß )n Description  ∏  ı ∏ ı
° d ONLN dI fl ù Î Ÿ ( ª keyAEAccess ° d ONLN dU fl ÎQ )ftypeEnumeration ° d ONLN de flq Îø )nAccess privileges ° d ONLN dw Ô ù ˚ ‚ ( ª
keyAECellList ° d ONLN dÖ Ô ˚8 )f
typeAEList ° d ONLN dê Ôq ˚ )n The column values and formulas ° d ONLN dØ ˝q ˇ *!as a list of typeCell descriptors ° d ONLN d—
ù ‚ (5 ª keyAEFormula ° d ONLN dfi
0 )ftypeChar ° d ONLN dÁ
qÎ )nThe formula for the column ° d ONLN d ù) ÿ (E ª keyAEName ° d ONLN d )0 )ftypeChar ° d ONLN d q)– )nThe name of this row ° d ONLN d*- ù9 Ê (U ª keyAENullsOK ° d ONLN d7-9= )f typeBoolean ° d ONLN dC-q9Ú )nIndicates whether Nulls are ° d ONLN d_;qGó *allowed ° d ONLN dgK ùW Í (s ªkeyAEProtection ° d ONLN dwKWQ )ftypeEnumeration ° d ONLN dáKqW⁄ )nThe formula privileges ° d ONLN dû[ ùg Î (É ªkeyAERepeating ° d ONLN d≠[gQ )ftypeEnumeration ° d ONLN dΩ[qg )n#Indicates whether it is a repeating ° d ONLN d·iquÎ *column. (kAEFixedRepeat, ° d ONLN d˙wqÉ“ *kAESingleValued, or ° d ONLN dÖqë◊ *kAEVariableRepeat.) ° d ONLN d"ï ù° Ò (Ω ªkeyAERepeatSize ° d ONLN d2ï°M )ftypeLongInteger ° d ONLN dBïq°Ê )nNumber of times to repeat ° d ONLN d\• ù± ¯ (Õ ªkeyAEUniqueValue ° d ONLN dm•±= )f typeBoolean ° d ONLN dy•q± )n Indicates whether values in this ° d ONLN dö≥qø‡ *column have to be unique ° d ONLN d≥… ú’º (Ò ∫<Note that the Apple Event Manager can coerce any Apple event ° d ONLN d◊ ú„» *Drecord into any other descriptor type. A special coercion handler is ° d ONLN d6 úÒ ’ *
not required. ° d ONLN dD˝ H v (% f Data Size ° d ONLN dN˝ ú Δ )TVariable +fiøThe Database Suite )t53 ˇ$ ◊# ˇ ˇˇˇˇ # ◊
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. ° d ONLN d J 0 [ +NvtypeKey—a key fields object ` L `ˇ
° d ONLN d o 0 {õ *!RA typeKey descriptor record contains the data to create or retrieve a cKey object. ° d ONLN d o á 0 ì e * Description ° d ONLN d { á Ñ ì¶ )T@To create a typeKey descriptor record, you coerce an Apple event ° d ONLN d º ï Ñ °± *Brecord containing the following fields into the equivalent typeKey ° d ONLN d ˇ £ Ñ Ø ” *descriptor record.
° d ONLN d ª Ñ Δ ¨ *Keyword ° d ONLN d ª Î Δ3 )gDescriptor type ° d ONLN d* ªH Δ~ )] Description ◊ † ◊ˇ Á † Áˇ
° d ONLN d6 — Ñ › ◊ ( ˘ ¢keyAEColumnList ° d ONLN dF — Î › )g
specifiers ° d ONLN dt Ô Ñ ˚ ÿ ( ¢keyAECurrentSort ° d ONLN dÖ Ô Î ˚: )gtypeShortInteger ° d ONLN dñ ÔH ˚π )]The current sort constants ° d ONLN d± ˇ Ñ ø (' ¢ keyAEName ° d ONLN dª ˇ Î )gtypeChar ° d ONLN dƒ ˇH § )]The name of the key ° d ONLN dÿ Ñ ‹ (7 ¢keyAEPrimaryKey ° d ONLN dË Î% )g typeBoolean ° d ONLN dÙHÀ )] Indicates whether the key is ° d ONLN d H)ì *the primary key ° d ONLN d!- Ñ9 fl (U ¢keyAEUniqueValue ° d ONLN d2- Î9% )g typeBoolean ° d ONLN d>-H9À )] Indicates whether the key is ° d ONLN d[;HGe *unique ° d ONLN dbQ Ñ]§ (y ¢<Note that the Apple Event Manager can coerce any Apple event ° d ONLN dü_ Ñk∞ *Drecord into any other descriptor type. A special coercion handler is ° d ONLN dÂm Ñy Ω *
not required. ° d ONLN dÛÖ 0ë ^ (≠ N Data Size ° d ONLN d˝Ö Ñë Æ )TVariable (‰ N54 )$Apple Event Registry ˇ& ◊# ˇ ˇˇˇˇ # ◊
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. ° d ONLN d J H [ +fvtypeRow—a row object ` d `
° d ONLN d o H { R *!A ° d ONLN d o R { } )
typeRow ° d ONLN d o } {ª )+Jdescriptor record contains data to create or retrieve a cRow object class. ° d ONLN d j á H ì } ( Ø f Description ° d ONLN d v á ú ìø )T@To create a typeRow descriptor record, you coerce an Apple event ° d ONLN d ∑ ï ú ° *Brecord containing the following fields into the equivalent typeRow ° d ONLN d ˙ £ ú Ø Î *descriptor record.
° d ONLN d
ª ú Δ ƒ *Keyword ° d ONLN d ª ΔK )gDescriptor type ° d ONLN d% ª` Δñ )] Description ◊ ∏ ◊ Á ∏ Á
° d ONLN d1 — ú › ÿ ( ˘ ∫ keyAEAccess ° d ONLN d= — ›Q )gtypeEnumeration ° d ONLN dM —` ›¿ )]The access privileges ° d ONLN dc · ú Ì · ( ∫
keyAECellList ° d ONLN dq · Ì8 )g
typeAEList ° d ONLN d| ·` ÌÓ )] The row values and formulas as ° d ONLN dõ Ô` ˚‚ * a list of typeCell descriptors ° d ONLN d∫ ˇ ú « (' ∫keyAEID ° d ONLN d¬ ˇ 0 )gtypeChar ° d ONLN dÀ ˇ` „ )]The permanent ID number for ° d ONLN dÁ
`Ü *this row ° d ONLN dÒ ú) ◊ (E ∫ keyAEName ° d ONLN d˚ )0 )gtypeChar ° d ONLN d `)ø )]The name of this row ° d ONLN d- ú9 È (U ∫keyAEProtection ° d ONLN d)-9Q )gtypeEnumeration ° d ONLN d9-`9… )]The formula privileges ° d ONLN dPC úOº (k ∫<Note that the Apple Event Manager can coerce any Apple event ° d ONLN dçQ ú]» *Drecord into any other descriptor type. A special coercion handler is ° d ONLN d”_ úk ’ *
not required. ° d ONLN d·w HÉ v (ü f Data Size ° d ONLN dÎw úÉ Δ )TVariable (‰òThe Database Suite )t55 ˇ ◊# ˇ ˇˇˇˇ # ◊
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. ° d ONLN d J 0 [É +Nv'typeRowSelection—a row selection object ` L `ˇ
° d ONLN d ( o 0 { : *!A ° d ONLN d * o : { è )
typeRowSelection ° d ONLN d ; o è {è )U;descriptor record contains the data to create or retrieve a ° d ONLN d w } 0 âÖ ( • NNcSession object. Information about existing sessions cannot be obtained from a ° d ONLN d Δ ã 0 ó ‘ *#typeRowSelection descriptor record. ° d ONLN d Í £ 0 Ø e * Description ° d ONLN d ˆ £ Ñ Ø∂ )TCTo create a typeRowSelection descriptor record, you coerce an Apple ° d ONLN d: ± Ñ Ω¢ *@event record containing the following fields into the equivalent ° d ONLN d{ ø Ñ À( *#typeRowSelection descriptor record.
° d ONLN dü ◊ Ñ ‚ ¨ *Keyword ° d ONLN dß ◊ Î ‚3 )gDescriptor type ° d ONLN d∑ ◊Y ‚è )n Description Û † Ûˇ †ˇ
not required. ° d ONLN döì 0ü ^ (ª N Data Size ° d ONLN d§ì Ñü Æ )TVariable (‰ N56 )$Apple Event Registry ˇ ◊# ˇ ˇˇˇˇ # ◊
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. ° d ONLN d J H [< +fv typeSession—a session object ` d `
° d ONLN d o H {¨ *!PA typeSession descriptor record contains the data necessary to create a cSession ° d ONLN d n } H âä *Iobject. Note that information about existing sessions cannot be obtained. ° d ONLN d ∏ ï H ° } * Description ° d ONLN d ƒ ï ú °Ã )TDTo create a typeSession descriptor record, you coerce an Apple event ° d ONLN d £ ú Øü *:record containing the following fields into the equivalent ° d ONLN dD ± ú Ω# * typeSession descriptor record.
° d ONLN dc … ú ‘ ƒ *Keyword ° d ONLN dk … ‘K )gDescriptor type ° d ONLN d{ …` ‘ñ )] Description  ∏  ı ∏ ı
° d ONLN dá fl ú Î fi ( ∫ keyAEAccount ° d ONLN dî fl Î0 )gtypeChar ° d ONLN dù fl` Îfi )]An optional account name or ° d ONLN dπ Ì` ˘· * number for login verification ° d ONLN d◊ ˝ ú ‘ (% ∫
keyAEGuest ° d ONLN d‚ ˝ = )g typeBoolean ° d ONLN dÓ ˝` Ó )] Whether or not to validate the ° d ONLN d
`⁄ * session at the default guest ° d ONLN d*`%x *level ° d ONLN d0) ú5 Ê (Q ∫
keyAEPassword ° d ONLN d>)50 )gtypeChar ° d ONLN dG)`5¿ )]The session password ° d ONLN d\9 úE – (a ∫ keyAEUser ° d ONLN df9E0 )gtypeChar ° d ONLN do9`E› )] The user name to access this ° d ONLN dåG`S¨ *object’s container ° d ONLN düg úsº (è ∫<Note that the Apple Event Manager can coerce any Apple event ° d ONLN d‹u úÅ» *Drecord into any other descriptor type. A special coercion handler is ° d ONLN d!É úè ’ *
keyAEAccount ° d ONLN dÚ Ù ∑ )D-field is an optional field typically used for ° d ONLN d ú+≠ (G ∫?logging onto mainframes. It can be omitted if it is not needed. ° d ONLN da7 úC ∞ *The ° d ONLN de7 ∞C ¸ )keyAEPassword ° d ONLN ds7 ¸C≈ )L.field is a password that is used to verify the ° d ONLN d¢E úQ« (m ∫Bsession. If the password does not match the password on the server ° d ONLN dÂS ú_± *@for that particular user, then the session creation should fail. +fiiThe Database Suite )t57 ˇ
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. ° d ONLN d J 0 [ +NvtypeTable—a table object ` L `ˇ
° d ONLN d o 0 { : *!A ° d ONLN d o : { k )
typeTable ° d ONLN d % o k {ó )1Fdescriptor record contains data to create or retrieve a cTable object. ° d ONLN d l á 0 ì e ( Ø N Description ° d ONLN d x á Ñ ì≠ )TBTo create a typeTable descriptor record, you coerce an Apple event ° d ONLN d ª ï Ñ °∏ *Drecord containing the following fields into the equivalent typeTable ° d ONLN d £ Ñ Ø ” *descriptor record.
° d ONLN d ª Ñ Δ ¨ *Keyword ° d ONLN d ª Î Δ3 )gDescriptor type ° d ONLN d+ ªH Δ~ )] Description ◊ † ◊ˇ Á † Áˇ
° d ONLN d7 — Ñ › ¿ ( ˘ ¢ keyAEAccess ° d ONLN dC — Î ›9 )gtypeEnumeration ° d ONLN dS —H ›® )]The access privileges ° d ONLN di · Ñ Ì … ( ¢ keyAEColumns ° d ONLN dv · Î Ì )g
typeAEList ° d ONLN dÅ ·H ̶ )]A list of typeColumn ° d ONLN dñ ÔH ˚z * descriptors ° d ONLN d£ ˇ Ñ ª (' ¢ keyAEData ° d ONLN d≠ ˇ Î )g
typeAEList ° d ONLN d∏ ˇH œ )] The data in the table as a list ° d ONLN dÿ
H’ * of rows, with each row as a list ° d ONLN d˘H'∞ *of typeCell descriptors ° d ONLN d+ Ñ7 ∫ (S ¢ keyAEKind ° d ONLN d+ Î79 )gtypeEnumeration ° d ONLN d++H7ñ )]The kind of table ° d ONLN d=; ÑG ø (c ¢ keyAEName ° d ONLN dG; ÎG )gtypeChar ° d ONLN dP;HGÆ )]The name of this table ° d ONLN dhK ÑW — (s ¢keyAEProtection ° d ONLN dxK ÎW9 )gtypeEnumeration ° d ONLN dàKHW« )] The table’s protection value ° d ONLN d•[ Ñg … (É ¢ keyAERowList ° d ONLN d≤[ Îg )g
typeAEList ° d ONLN dΩ[Hgà )] A list of typeRow descriptors ° d ONLN d‹q Ñ}§ (ô ¢<Note that the Apple Event Manager can coerce any Apple event ° d ONLN d Ñã∞ *Drecord into any other descriptor type. A special coercion handler is ° d ONLN d_ç Ñô Ω *
not required. ° d ONLN dm• 0± ^ (Õ N Data Size ° d ONLN dw• ѱ Æ )TVariable ° d ONLN dÄΩ 0… K ( NNotes ° d ONLN dÜΩ Ñ…ú )T8The keyAERowList and keyAEColumns descriptors should not ° d ONLN døÀ Ñ◊µ *;include the keyAEData keyword. The keyAEData keyword should ° d ONLN d˚Ÿ ÑÂÆ *Aonly appear in the typeTable descriptor, and the data should be a ° d ONLN d=Á ÑÛØ *Hlist of lists. Each element in the list is a row, and that row is a list ° d ONLN dáı Ñ´ *Bof typeCell descriptors containing only the unique information for ° d ONLN d Ñ Ø *
. ° d ONLN d J H [ì +fv'Key forms defined in the Database suite ` d `
° d ONLN d ( o H {∂ *!RTable 4 lists the key forms defined in the Database suite. The italicized words in ° d ONLN d { } H âπ *Seach example correspond to the key (the portion of the object specifier record that ° d ONLN d œ ã H óΔ *Xdistinguishes an object from other objects of the same class in the same container). For ° d ONLN d( ô H •ƒ *Qmore information about keys and key forms, see the Apple Event Manager chapter of ° d ONLN dz ß H ≥ ñ *Inside Macintosh ° d ONLN dä ß ñ ≥ õ )N: ° d ONLN då ß õ ≥/ ) Interapplication Communication ° d ONLN d™ ß/ ≥2 )î. ,
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° d ONLN dfi Í H ı ú ( fKey form constant ° d ONLN d Í Δ ı ¸ )~ Description d d
° d ONLN d¸ H ™ (( fformAbsolutePosition ° d ONLN d Δ ∂ )~7Specifies the position of an element in relation to the ° d ONLN dI Δ≤ *6beginning or end of its container (for example, “word ° d ONLN d≤π )Ï5 ° d ONLN dÅπfl ) of . . . ”), ° d ONLN dé Δ(· (D ‰@or specifies one or more elements with a constant defined in the ° d ONLN dœ* Δ6\ * Apple Event Manager chapter of ° d ONLN dÓ*\6™ )ñInside Macintosh ° d ONLN d˛*™6≠ )N: ° d ONLN d 8 ΔDZ (` ‰ Interapplication Communication ° d ONLN d 8ZDæ )î, such as kAEFirst (for ° d ONLN d6F ΔR (n ‰example, “the ° d ONLN dDF R )Cfirst ° d ONLN dIF Rfl )- word in paragraph 12 . . . ”) or kAEAll (for ° d ONLN dwT Δ` ˜ (| ‰
example, “ ° d ONLN dÅT ˜` )1all ° d ONLN dÖT`ô )"the words in paragraph 12 . . . ”) ° d ONLN d®d Hp y (å fformName ° d ONLN d±d ΔpÆ )~3Specifies an element by its name (for example, “the ° d ONLN dÂr Δ~ Ú * document ° d ONLN dÓr Ú~@ ),named ‘MyDoc’ ” ° d ONLN d˝r@~D )N) ° d ONLN dˇÇ Hé ë (™ fformPropertyID ° d ONLN dÇ Δé¥ )~7Specifies a property of an object by its four-character ° d ONLN dFê Δú= *property ID (for example, ° d ONLN d`ê=úf )w “the font ° d ONLN diêfúö )) of word 1”) ° d ONLN dv† H¨ y (» f formRange ° d ONLN dĆ Δ¨æ )~7Specifies a list of elements between two other elements ° d ONLN d∏Æ Δ∫9 *(for example, “the words ° d ONLN d—Æ9∫« )s between ‘Wild’ and ‘Zanzibar,’ ° d ONLN dº Δ» Ô (‰ ‰ inclusive ° d ONLN d˘º Ô» ¯ ))”) ° d ONLN d¸Ã Hÿ ´ (Ù fformRelativePosition ° d ONLN dà Δÿ´ )~2Specifies an element immediately before or after a ° d ONLN dD⁄ ΔÊ6 *container (for example, “ ° d ONLN d]⁄6Ê] )p the next ° d ONLN df⁄]Êv )'word ° d ONLN dk⁄vÊè )after ° d ONLN dq⁄èÊ∏ )the word ° d ONLN dzË ΔÙ% ( ‰whose style is bold”) ° d ONLN dê¯ H p ( fformTest ° d ONLN dô¯ Δƒ )~:Specifies one or more elements that pass a test; values of ° d ONLN d‘ Δ† *2one or more properties or elements are tested (for ° d ONLN d Δ S * example, “the first paragraph ° d ONLN d%S ƒ )çthat is centered and that ° d ONLN d?" Δ.O (J ‰ begins with the word ‘Wild’ ” ° d ONLN d\"O.S )â) ++öThe Database Suite )t59 ˇ 6 ◊# ˇ ˇˇˇˇ # ◊
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° d ONLN d ∂ ≥ 0 æ í ( ⁄ NComparison operator Œ L Œˇ ° d ONLN d À ø 0 W * constant ° d ONLN d ‘ ø ª  )ãOperator ° d ONLN d › ø > )M Description Ô L Ôˇ
° d ONLN d È Ÿ 0 Â | ( N
kAEBeginsWith ,
Courier ° d ONLN d ˜ Ÿ ∫  fi )ä'bgwt' ° d ONLN d ˛ Ÿ ÂÆ )N%The value of the first operand begins ° d ONLN d$ Á Û∞ *$with the value of the second operand ° d ONLN dI ı§ *"(for example, the string “operand” ° d ONLN dlï * begins with the string “opera”) ° d ONLN då 0 l (; N kAEContains ° d ONLN dò ∫ fi )ä'cont' ° d ONLN dü ê )N The value of the first operand ° d ONLN dæ!-ó * contains the value of the second ° d ONLN dfl/;ö * operand (for example, the string ° d ONLN d =I´ *$“operand” contains the string “era”) ° d ONLN d%M 0Y s (u N kAEEndsWith ° d ONLN d1M ∫Y fi )ä'ends' ° d ONLN d8MY¶ )N#The value of the first operand ends ° d ONLN d\[g∞ *$with the value of the second operand ° d ONLN dÅiu§ *"(for example, the string “operand” ° d ONLN d§wÉÑ *ends with the string “and”) ° d ONLN d¿á 0ì b (Ø N kAEEquals ° d ONLN d á ∫ì fi )ä'= ' ° d ONLN d—áìö )N!The value of the first operand is ° d ONLN dÛï°ñ * equal to the value of the second ° d ONLN d£Ø- *operand ° d ONLN d ≥ 0ø (€ NkAEGreaterThan ° d ONLN d+≥ ∫ø fi )ä'> ' ° d ONLN d2≥øö )N!The value of the first operand is ° d ONLN dT¡Õ´ *$greater than the value of the second ° d ONLN dyœ€- *operand ° d ONLN dÅfl 0Î ù ( NkAEGreaterThanEquals ° d ONLN dñfl ∫Î fi )ä'>= ' ° d ONLN dùflÎö )N!The value of the first operand is ° d ONLN døÌ˘´ *%greater than or equal to the value of ° d ONLN dÂ˚^ *the second operand ° d ONLN d¯ 0 o (3 N kAELessThan ° d ONLN d ∫ fi )ä'< ' ° d ONLN d ≠ )N&The value of the first operand is less ° d ONLN d2%Ø *$than the value of the second operand ° d ONLN dW) 05 ç (Q NkAELessThanEquals ° d ONLN di) ∫5 fi )ä'<= ' ° d ONLN dp)5≠ )N&The value of the first operand is less ° d ONLN dó7Cö *!than or equal to the value of the ° d ONLN dπEQL *second operand (‰ N60 )$Apple Event Registry ˇ» ◊# ˇ ˇˇˇˇ # ◊
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° d ONLN d e ë X ù y +Table 6 ° d ONLN d m ë í ùF ):'Constants defined in the Database suite
Courier ° d ONLN d Ω ø Ÿ À ˝ )ë'cDB ' ° d ONLN d ƒ ø ÀG )GkAESort ° d ONLN d à ø∞ À‘ )ê'SORT' ° d ONLN d ” œ H € j ( ˜ fcDBMS ° d ONLN d Ÿ œ Ÿ € ˝ )ë'cDBM' ° d ONLN d ‡ œ € )GkAEVariableRepeat ° d ONLN d Ú œ∞ €‘ )ê'rVar' ° d ONLN d ˘ fl H Î b ( fcHost ° d ONLN d ˇ fl Ÿ Î ˝ )ë'cHST' ° d ONLN d fl ÎT )G
kAscending ° d ONLN d fl∞ Î )ê$0000 ° d ONLN d Ô H ˚ _ ( fcKey ° d ONLN d Ô Ÿ ˚ ˝ )ë'cKEY' ° d ONLN d# Ô ˚M )GkAverage ° d ONLN d, Ô∞ ˚‘ )ê'AVRG' ° d ONLN d3 ˇ H ä (' f
cRowSelection ° d ONLN dA ˇ Ÿ ˝ )ë'crsl' ° d ONLN dH ˇ @ )GkCount ° d ONLN dO ˇ∞ ‘ )ê'CONT' ° d ONLN dV H v (7 f
cSelection ° d ONLN da Ÿ ˝ )ë'csel' ° d ONLN dh b )G
kCreateAccess ° d ONLN dv∞ )ê$0008 ° d ONLN d| H+ m (G fcSession ° d ONLN dÖ Ÿ+ ˝ )ë'cSES' ° d ONLN då +C )GkCursor ° d ONLN dî ∞+‘ )ê'CURS' ° d ONLN dõ/ H; | (W f
enumAccess ° d ONLN d¶/ Ÿ; ˝ )ë'accs' ° d ONLN d≠/ ;b )G
kDeleteAccess ° d ONLN dª/∞; )ê$0010 ° d ONLN d¡? HK § (g fenumGroupFunctions ° d ONLN d‘? ŸK ˝ )ë'grup' ° d ONLN d€? KY )G kDescending ° d ONLN dÁ?∞K )ê$0001 ° d ONLN dÌO H[ è (w f
enumLockTypes ° d ONLN d˚O Ÿ[ ˝ )ë'lock' ° d ONLN dO [f )GkExclusiveLock ° d ONLN dO∞[‘ )ê'EXLK' ° d ONLN d_ Hk ç (á fenumProtection ° d ONLN d'_ Ÿk ˝ )ë'prtn' ° d ONLN d._ k\ )G keyAEAccess ° d ONLN d:_∞k‘ )ê'pACS' ° d ONLN dAo H{ † (ó fenumRepeatValues ° d ONLN dRo Ÿ{ ˝ )ë'erpt' ° d ONLN dYo {b )G keyAEAccount ° d ONLN dfo∞{‘ )ê'pACT' ° d ONLN dm Hã ù (ß fenumSortDirection ° d ONLN d Ÿã ˝ )ë'sort' ° d ONLN dÜ ãs )GkeyAEColumnList ° d ONLN dñ∞ã‘ )ê'kCol' ° d ONLN dùè Hõ î (∑ fenumTableTypes ° d ONLN d¨è Ÿõ ˝ )ë'tblt' ° d ONLN d≥è õe )G keyAEColumns ° d ONLN d¿è∞õ‘ )ê'COLS' ° d ONLN d«ü H´ ë (« f
errAEDeadLock ° d ONLN d’ü Ÿ´ ˜ )ë–10019 ° d ONLN d‹ü ´t )GkeyAECurrentSort ° d ONLN dÌü∞´‘ )ê'pSRT' ° d ONLN dÙØ Hª ¿ (◊ ferrAELockRequestTimeout ° d ONLN d Ø Ÿª ˜ )ë–10020 ° d ONLN dØ ªz )GkeyAEDefaultType ° d ONLN d$Ø∞ª‘ )ê'deft' ° d ONLN d+ø HÀ (Á ferrAENoSuchGroupFunction ° d ONLN dEø ŸÀ ˜ )ë–10018 ° d ONLN dLø ÀÄ )GkeyAEGroupColumns ° d ONLN d^ø∞À‘ )ê'GRPC' ° d ONLN deœ H€ ± (˜ ferrAENoSuchSortType ° d ONLN dyœ Ÿ€ ˜ )ë–10017 ° d ONLN dÄœ €Ñ )GkeyAEGroupFunctions ° d ONLN dîœ∞€‘ )ê'GRPF' ° d ONLN dõfl HÎ ï ( ferrAENotUnique ° d ONLN d™fl ŸÎ ˜ )ë–10022 ° d ONLN d±fl ÎX )G
keyAEGuest ° d ONLN dºfl∞Α )ê'pGST' ° d ONLN d√Ô H˚ Ω ( ferrAETransactionTimeout ° d ONLN d€Ô Ÿ˚ ˜ )ë–10021 ° d ONLN d‚Ô ˚K )GkeyAEID ° d ONLN dÍÔ∞˚‘ )ê'ID ' ° d ONLN dÒˇ H ´ (' fkAEAbortTransaction ° d ONLN dˇ Ÿ ˝ )ë'ABRT' ° d ONLN d ˇ V )G keyAEKind ° d ONLN dˇ∞ ‘ )ê'pKND' ° d ONLN d H à (7 f kAEDatabase ° d ONLN d) Ÿ ˝ )ë'DATA' ° d ONLN d0 [ )G keyAEName ° d ONLN d:∞‘ )ê'pnam' ° d ONLN dA H+ É (G f
kAEDBSuite ° d ONLN dL Ÿ+ ˝ )ë'dbst' ° d ONLN dS +i )G keyAENullsOK ° d ONLN d` ∞+‘ )ê'pNLS' ° d ONLN dg/ H; ó (W fkAEFixedRepeat ° d ONLN dv/ Ÿ; ˝ )ë'rFxd' ° d ONLN d}/ ;j )G
keyAEPassword ° d ONLN dã/∞;‘ )ê'pPAS' ° d ONLN dí? HK ¢ (g fkAEFormulaProtect ° d ONLN d§? ŸK ˝ )ë'fpro' ° d ONLN d´? Kx )GkeyAEPrimaryKey ° d ONLN dª?∞K‘ )ê'pPKy' ° d ONLN d¬O H[ w (w fkAEGroup ° d ONLN dÀO Ÿ[ ˝ )ë'GRUP' ° d ONLN d“O [n )GkeyAERepeating ° d ONLN d·O∞[‘ )ê'pRPT' ° d ONLN dË_ Hk ê (á f
kAEModifiable ° d ONLN dˆ_ Ÿk ˝ )ë'modf' ° d ONLN d˝_ kt )GkeyAERepeatSize ° d ONLN d
_∞k‘ )ê'pRPS' ° d ONLN do H{ £ (ó fkAENonModifiable ° d ONLN d%o Ÿ{ ˝ )ë'nmod' ° d ONLN d,o {e )G keyAERowList ° d ONLN d9o∞{‘ )ê'krls' ° d ONLN d@ Hã õ (ß fkAESingleValued ° d ONLN dP Ÿã ˝ )ë'rSgl' ° d ONLN dW ã` )G keyAESession ° d ONLN dd∞ã‘ )ê'SESN' ° d ONLN dlçΔô˘ + (continued) (‰òThe Database Suite )t61 ˇ ◊# ˇ ˇˇˇˇ # ◊
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B z N0 ):(Constants defined in the Database suite ° d ONLN d 2 B0 Nc )∂ (continued)
° d ONLN d > Z 0 e Y ( Å NConstant ° d ONLN d G Z ¿ e € )êValue ° d ONLN d M Z e1 )HConstant ° d ONLN d V Zò e≥ )êValue v L vˇ Ü L ܡ
° d ONLN d \ p 0 | á ( ò NkeyAESortElement ,
Courier ° d ONLN d m p ¡ | Â )ë'SRTE' ° d ONLN d t p |C )G pCurrentSort ° d ONLN d Å pò |º )ê'pSRT' ° d ONLN d à Ä 0 å y ( ® N
keyAESortType ° d ONLN d ñ Ä ¡ å  )ë'SRTT' ° d ONLN d ù Ä å4 )GpFormula ° d ONLN d ¶ Äò åº )ê'pfor' ° d ONLN d ≠ ê 0 ú ã ( ∏ NkeyAEUniqueValue ° d ONLN d æ ê ¡ ú  )ë'pUNQ' ° d ONLN d ≈ ê ú' )GpGuest ° d ONLN d à êò úº )ê'pGST' ° d ONLN d ” † 0 ¨ d ( » N keyAEUser ° d ONLN d › † ¡ ¨  )ë'pUSR' ° d ONLN d ‰ † ¨ )GpID ° d ONLN d Ë †ò ¨º )ê'ID ' ° d ONLN d Ô ∞ 0 º X ( ÿ NkLinkset ° d ONLN d ¯ ∞ ¡ º  )ë'LINK' ° d ONLN d ˇ ∞ º% )GpKind ° d ONLN d ∞ò ºº )ê'pKND' ° d ONLN d ¿ 0 à c ( Ë NkMaximum ° d ONLN d ¿ ¡ à  )ë'MAX ' ° d ONLN d ¿ Ã# )GpLock ° d ONLN d" ¿ò ú )ê'pLCK' ° d ONLN d) – 0 ‹ O ( ¯ NkMean ° d ONLN d/ – ¡ ‹  )ë'MEAN' ° d ONLN d6 – ‹6 )GpNullsOk ° d ONLN d? –ò ‹º )ê'pNLS' ° d ONLN dF ‡ 0 Ï a ( NkMinimum ° d ONLN dO ‡ ¡ Ï Â )ë'MIN ' ° d ONLN dV ‡ Ï[ )GpOpenTransaction ° d ONLN dg ‡ò Ϻ )ê'pTRN' ° d ONLN dn 0 ¸ a ( N kNoAccess ° d ONLN dx ¡ ¸ € )ë$0000 ° d ONLN d~ ¸9 )G pPassword ° d ONLN dà ò ¸º )ê'pPAS' ° d ONLN dè 0 Y (( NkNoLock ° d ONLN dó ¡ Â )ë'NOLK' ° d ONLN dû G )G pPrimaryKey ° d ONLN d™ ò º )ê'pPKy' ° d ONLN d± 0 ] (8 NkNumeric ° d ONLN d∫ ¡ € )ë$0002 ° d ONLN d¿ = )G
pRepeating ° d ONLN dÀò º )ê'pRPT' ° d ONLN d“ 0, k (H N kReadAccess ° d ONLN dfi ¡, € )ë$0001 ° d ONLN d‰ ,C )G pRepeatSize ° d ONLN d ò,º )ê'pRPS' ° d ONLN d˜0 0< m (X N kSharedLock ° d ONLN d0 ¡< Â )ë'SHLK' ° d ONLN d
0<2 )GpRowIDs ° d ONLN d0ò<º )ê'pRWS' ° d ONLN d@ 0L Y (h NkStdDev ° d ONLN d!@ ¡L  )ë'STDV' ° d ONLN d(@LJ )G pUniqueValue ° d ONLN d5@òLº )ê'pUNQ' ° d ONLN d<P 0\ I (x NkSum ° d ONLN dAP ¡\  )ë'TOTL' ° d ONLN dHP\# )GpUser ° d ONLN dNPò\º )ê'pUSR' ° d ONLN dU` 0l P (à NkTable ° d ONLN d\` ¡l  )ë'TABL' ° d ONLN dc`l* )GpValue ° d ONLN dj`òlº )ê'vlue' ° d ONLN dqp 0| Y (ò NkTextual ° d ONLN dzp ¡| € )ë$0000 ° d ONLN dÄp|1 )GtypeCell ° d ONLN dâpò|º )ê'ccel' ° d ONLN dêÄ 0å v (® N
kUpdateAccess ° d ONLN dûÄ ¡å € )ë$0004 ° d ONLN d§Äå? )G
typeColumn ° d ONLN dØÄòåº )ê'ccol' ° d ONLN d∂ê 0ú O (∏ NkView ° d ONLN dºê ¡ú  )ë'VIEW' ° d ONLN d√êú0 )GtypeKey ° d ONLN dÀêòúº )ê'cKEY' ° d ONLN d“† 0¨ o (» N kWriteAccess ° d ONLN dfl† ¡¨ € )ë$0002 ° d ONLN d†¨1 )GtypeRow ° d ONLN d̆ò¨º )ê'crow' ° d ONLN dÙ∞ 0º S (ÿ NpAccess ° d ONLN d¸∞ ¡º  )ë'pACS' ° d ONLN d∞º[ )GtypeRowSelection ° d ONLN d∞òºº )ê'crsl' ° d ONLN d¿ 0à Y (Ë NpAccount ° d ONLN d$¿ ¡Ã  )ë'pACT' ° d ONLN d+¿Ã> )G typeSession ° d ONLN d7¿òú )ê'cSES' (‰ N62 )$Apple Event Registry ˇz ◊# ˇ ˇˇˇˇ # ◊
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° d ONLN d § H ∞ P ( à fA ° d ONLN d‚ § fi ∞ Ê )ñD ° d ONLN dπ ¢t ÆÎ ( íerrAENoSuchSortType 12 ° d ONLN d— Æt ∫Ù * errAENoSuchTransaction 6, ° d ONLN dÏ ∫å Δë + 8 ° d ONLN d
¥ H ¿ ¿ ( ‹ f Abort Transaction 2, 4, 5, 6 ° d ONLN d‰ ¥ fi ¿C )ñdatabase management ° d ONLN d¯ ¿ ˆ à + system 2 ° d ONLN d + ¿ H à ∂ ( Ë fApple event constructs 2 ° d ONLN dÓ “t fiz ( ˙íF ° d ONLN d E à H ÿ … ( Ù f Apple events, defined in the ° d ONLN d b ÿ ` ‰ ∫ + Database suite 4–7, ° d ONLN d x ‰ ` y * 10, 12 ° d ONLN d à fi ÿK ( Ù ¸Database object class 25 ° d ONLN d ÿ fi ‰9 * Database suite 1-62 ° d ONLN d ‚t ÓÈ +ñ
formAbsolutePosition key ° d ONLN d Óå ˙Ø + form 59 ° d ONLN d1 ‰ Í V ( Apple events defined in ° d ONLN dJ ¸. + 4-7, 10, 12 ° d ONLN d ¸ H O ($ fB ° d ONLN d ˙t› ("íformName key form 59 ° d ONLN dV ¸ ÍJ ($comparison operators ° d ONLN dk> + defined in 60 ° d ONLN d(tı (.íformPropertyID key form 59 ° d ONLN d Å H (4 f Begin Transaction 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ° d ONLN dDt › (:íformRange key form 59 ° d ONLN dz Í _ (<constants defined in 61-62 ° d ONLN d ¢ H$ ∑ (@ fBegins With comparison ° d ONLN d π$ `0 ï + operator 60 ° d ONLN d[ t*Í (FíformRelativePosition key ° d ONLN dt*å6Ø + form 59 ° d ONLN dñ Í,X (Hdescriptor types defined ° d ONLN dØ,8 + in 51 ° d ONLN d Δ< HH O (d fC ° d ONLN d}6tB‘ (^íformTest key form 59 ° d ONLN d∂8 ÍDT (`key forms defined in 59 ° d ONLN dìNtZö +ä
G, H, I, J ° d ONLN dœD ÍPT (lobject classes defined in ° d ONLN dÍP\Y + 13-18, 24, 27, 29, 32, ° d ONLN d\h* *
39, 43, 46 ° d ONLN d »L HX ™ (t fcCell 13, 16, 23, 37, 49 ° d ONLN d ‚X Hd « * cColumn 13, 21, 24, 34, 42, 50 ° d ONLN dû^tjÓ (Üí Get Class Info 24, 27, 29, 50 ° d ONLN dd Hp § (å fcDatabase 13, 29, 31 ° d ONLN d h Ít: +¢object inheritance ° d ONLN d tÄJ + hierarchy in 14 ° d ONLN dΩjtvÚ (íí Get Data 4, 18, 24, 27, 29, 50 ° d ONLN dp H| ñ (ò fcDBMS 13, 28, 31 ° d ONLN d›vtÇÌ (ûí Get Data Size 3, 18, 24, 27, ° d ONLN d˚Çåé• + 29, 50 ° d ONLN d*| Hà p (§ f cHost 13 ° d ONLN d0Ä fiåE +ñDatabase suite defines ° d ONLN dGå ˆò; + Apple events 2 ° d ONLN d4à Hî ã (∞ fcKey 13, 42, 50 ° d ONLN détöÊ (∂íGreater Than comparison ° d ONLN dö嶡 + operator 60 ° d ONLN dEî H† é (º fClone 24, 27, 50 ° d ONLN dWò fi§ +ñ DBMS 2, 16 ° d ONLN dW† H¨ £ (» fcObject 16, 21, 25, 28 ° d ONLN dc§ fi∞) +ñDelete 24, 27, 50 ° d ONLN d'¶t≤ +ñGreater Than or Equal To ° d ONLN d@≤åæˆ + comparison operator 60 ° d ONLN do¨ H∏ ´ (‘ fcomparison operators, ° d ONLN dÖ∏ `ƒ † + defined in the ° d ONLN dîƒ `– ≤ * Database suite 60 ° d ONLN dv∞ fiºZ (ÿ ¸ descriptor types, defined in ° d ONLN dìº ˆ»Z + the Database suite 51 ° d ONLN dXæt ß +~ Group 4, 24 ° d ONLN d™» fi‘U ( ¸ Do Objects Exist 18, 24, 27, ° d ONLN d»‘ ˆ‡ + 29, 50 ° d ONLN de÷t‚á +~K, L ° d ONLN dß– H‹ ∂ (¯ fconstants, defined in the ° d ONLN d¡‹ `Ë ¿ + Database suite 61-62 ° d ONLN dœÏ fi¯ ‰ +~E ° d ONLN djÊtÚ‡ (íkAEAbortTransaction 5 ° d ONLN d◊Ë HÙ • ( fContains comparison ° d ONLN dÎÙ ` ï + operator 60 ° d ONLN dÅÚt˛ı (íkAEBeginsWith comparison ° d ONLN dö˛å
¡ + operator 60 ° d ONLN d—¸ fi/ ($ ¸End Transaction 5 ° d ONLN d¯ H ™ (( fCore suite transaction ° d ONLN d ` Ö + model 2 ° d ONLN d‰ fiD (0 ¸Ends With comparison ° d ONLN d˘ ˆ + + operator 60 ° d ONLN dß
t‡ (2íkAEBeginTransaction 7 ° d ONLN dæt"Â * kAEContains comparison ° d ONLN d’"å.¡ + operator 60 ° d ONLN d H$ » (@ f Count Elements 24, 27, 29, 50 ° d ONLN d fi,/ +ñenumAccess 21, 25 ° d ONLN d8$ H0 µ (L fCreate Element 4, 27, 50 ° d ONLN d, fi8D +ñenumRepeatValues 23 ° d ONLN d‚.t:÷ +ñkAEDatabase 5, 9, 11 ° d ONLN dR0 H< å (X fcRow 36, 42, 50 ° d ONLN d.8 fiD: +ñEqual To comparison ° d ONLN dBD ˆP+ + operator 60 ° d ONLN d¯:tFÏ (bíkAEEndsWith comparison ° d ONLN dFåR¡ + operator 60 ° d ONLN dc< HH ß (d fcRowSelection 14, 40 ° d ONLN dyH HT º * cSession 6, 7, 14, 26, 29, 31 ° d ONLN dOP fi\W +ñerrAEEventFailed 6, 8, 10, ° d ONLN dk\ ˆh + 12 ° d ONLN d Rt^€ (zíkAEEquals comparison ° d ONLN d1^åj¡ + operator 60 ° d ONLN dòT H` ë (| fcSession object 2 ° d ONLN d´` Hl ° * cTable 14, 26, 38, 40 ° d ONLN dnh fitW +ñerrAEEventNotHandled 5 ° d ONLN d>jtv— +ñkAEFixedRepeat 24 ° d ONLN d¬l Hx } (î f
cText 16, 28 ° d ONLN dÜt fiÄ@ +ñerrAEInTransaction 8 ° d ONLN dQvtǯ +ñkAEGreaterThan comparison ° d ONLN dkÇåé¡ + operator 60 ° d ONLN d–x HÑ è († fcType 16, 21, 28 ° d ONLN dúÄ fiå^ +ñerrAENoSuchGroupFunction ° d ONLN d∂å ˆò + 10 +¯063 ˇfi ◊# ˇ ˇˇˇˇ # ◊
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. ° d ONLN d A 0 M ù +NikAEGreaterThanEquals ° d ONLN d M H Y ≤ + comparison operator 60 ° d ONLN dû C Δ O œ ( k ‰M ° d ONLN do C\ Ob )ñS ° d ONLN d† S Δ _ ¸ ( { ‰ Move 24, 50 ° d ONLN dq S\ _Ÿ )ñ Set Data 4, 18, 24, 27, 29, 50 ° d ONLN d - Y 0 e h ( Å N kAEGroup 9 ° d ONLN d≠ k Δ w œ +ñN ° d ONLN dë _\ ká ( áz Sort 4, 50 ° d ONLN d 9 e 0 q § ( ç NkAELessThan comparison ° d ONLN d P q H } } + operator 60 ° d ONLN dù w\ É∞ ( üzT, U, V, W, X, Y, Z ° d ONLN dØ { Δ á Ò ( £ ‰NULL 29 ° d ONLN d ] } 0 â ç ( • NkAELessThanEquals ° d ONLN d o â H ï ≤ + comparison operator 60 ° d ONLN d∏ ì Δ ü Œ +~
O ° d ONLN d± á\ ìø ( Øzthe End Transaction 6 ° d ONLN d» ì\ ü∞ * transaction ID 5, 7 ° d ONLN d á ï 0 ° ë ( Ω NkAEMiscStandards 7 ° d ONLN d› ü\ ´€ ( «z Transaction Terminated 5, 6 ° d ONLN d õ ° 0 ≠ ë ( … NkAESingleValued 24 ° d ONLN d∫ £ Δ ØE +ñ object classes, defined in the ° d ONLN dŸ Ø fi ªA + Database suite 13-24, ° d ONLN d ª fi «3 * 27, 29, 32, 39, 43, 46 ° d ONLN d˙ ´\ ∑“ ( ”ztypeAEDescList 25, 28, 30 ° d ONLN d Ø ≠ 0 π ù ( ’ NkAEVariableRepeat 24 ° d ONLN d ∑\ √€ ( flz typeAEList 52, 53, 54, 55, 58 ° d ONLN d ≈ π 0 ≈ ° ( · NkCreateAccess 21, 25, 36, ° d ONLN d · ≈ H — a + 40, 48 ° d ONLN d4 √\ œ≥ ( ÎztypeBoolean 53, 57 ° d ONLN d « Δ ”G ( Ô ‰ object inheritance hierarchy ° d ONLN d% ” fi fl Ë + 15 ° d ONLN dH œ\ €± ( ˜ztypeCell 16, 51, 52 ° d ONLN d Ë — 0 › c ( ˘ N key field 3 ° d ONLN d] €\ Á÷ (z typeChar 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, ° d ONLN d{ Át Ûç + 57, 58 ° d ONLN d ı › 0 È ° ( Nkey forms, defined in the ° d ONLN d È H ı ö + Database suite 59 ° d ONLN d( fl “ Î3 ( for Database suite 14 ° d ONLN d? Î Δ ˜> ( ‰ object specifiers, key forms ° d ONLN d\ ˜ fi ˘ + for 59 ° d ONLN dÇ Û\ ˇ∞ (ztypeColumn 21, 51 ° d ONLN d" ı 0 ß ( NkeyAEAccess 53, 55, 56, 58 ° d ONLN dï ˇ\ ‘ ('ztypeEnumeration 9, 52, 53, ° d ONLN d± tú +
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0 í (5 NkeyAECellList 53, 55 ° d ONLN dº\#± (?ztypeInsertionLoc 9 ° d ONLN de 0% ë (A NkeyAEColumnList 54 ° d ONLN dl Δ+3 +ñpAccess 21, 25, 36, 40, 48 ° d ONLN d–#\/ü +ñtypeIntlText 8 ° d ONLN dy% 01 É (M NkeyAEColumns 58 ° d ONLN dà+ Δ7 ˝ +ñ pAccount 44 ° d ONLN d‡/\;° +ñtypeKey 33, 51 ° d ONLN dä1 0= í (Y NkeyAECurrentSort 54 ° d ONLN dï7 ΔCD +ñ pBestType 16, 21, 25, 28, 30, ° d ONLN d¥C fiO$ + 33, 36, 40, 44, 48 ° d ONLN d;\G¥ (cztypeLongInteger 52 ° d ONLN dü= 0I ù (e NkeyAEData 4, 52, 56, 58 ° d ONLN dG\S‹ (oz typeObjectSpecifier 7, 9, 46, ° d ONLN d#St_~ + 56 ° d ONLN d∏I 0U ñ (q NkeyAEDefaultType 52 ° d ONLN d«O Δ[A +ñ pClass 16, 21, 25, 28, 30, 33, ° d ONLN dÁ[ fig + 36, 40, 44, 48 ° d ONLN dÃU 0a í (} NkeyAEFormula 52, 53 ° d ONLN d&_\k¢ (áztypeRow 51, 55 ° d ONLN d·a 0m ô (â NkeyAEGroupColumns 9 ° d ONLN dˆg Δs +ñpCurrentSort 33 ° d ONLN d6k\w€ +ñ typeRowSelection 40, 51, 56 ° d ONLN dˆm 0y ¨ (ï NkeyAEGroupFunctions 9, 10 ° d ONLN ds ΔE +ñ pDefaultType 16, 21, 25, 28, ° d ONLN d% fiã$ + 30, 36, 40, 44, 48 ° d ONLN dSw\Ɇ (üztypeSession 51 ° d ONLN dy 0Ö v (° NkeyAEGuest 57 ° d ONLN dcÉ\èπ (´ztypeShortInteger 54 ° d ONLN d Ö 0ë i (≠ N keyAEID 55 ° d ONLN d8ã Δó +ñpFormula 16, 22 ° d ONLN dxè\õ∑ +ñtypeTable 48, 51, 58 ° d ONLN d,ë 0ù ò (π NkeyAEInsertHere 9, 10 ° d ONLN dIó Δ£ Û +ñ
pKind 41, 49 ° d ONLN dnª Δ«: * pLock 17, 22, 26, 37, 41, 49 ° d ONLN dw¡ 0Õ á (È NkeyAENullsOK 53 ° d ONLN då« Δ”D +ñ pName 17, 22, 26, 28, 30, 34, ° d ONLN d´” fifl +
37, 41, 49 ° d ONLN dàÕ 0Ÿ à (ı NkeyAEPassword 57 ° d ONLN döŸ 0 ¨ * keyAEProtection 52, 53, 55, ° d ONLN d∑ HÒ a + 56, 58 ° d ONLN d∂fl ΔÎ ( ‰ pNullsOk 22 ° d ONLN d√Î Δ˜' * pOpenTransaction 45 ° d ONLN dæÒ 0˝ í ( NkeyAERepeatSize 52 ° d ONLN dÿ˜ Δ +ñ
pPassword 45 ° d ONLN d“˝ 0 z (% NkeyAEResult 10 ° d ONLN dÊ Δ +ñpPrimaryKey 34 ° d ONLN d‚ 0 É (1 NkeyAERowList 58 ° d ONLN dˆ ΔD +ñ pProtection 17, 22, 37, 41, 49 ° d ONLN dÛ 0! ~ (= NkeyAESession 46 ° d ONLN d Δ' +ñpRepeating 23 ° d ONLN d! 0- § (I NkeyAESortElement 11, 12 ° d ONLN d%' Δ3 +ñpRepeatSize 17, 23 ° d ONLN d - 09 á (U NkeyAESortType 11 ° d ONLN d93 Δ? ˛ +ñ pRowIDs 41 ° d ONLN d/9 0E ô (a NkeyAEUniqueValue 53 ° d ONLN dE? ΔK% +ñpUniqueValue 23, 34 ° d ONLN dDE 0Q r (m N
keyAEUser 57 ° d ONLN dZK ΔW Ô +ñ pUser 45 ° d ONLN dRQ 0] í (y NkeyDirectObject 9, 11 ° d ONLN ddW Δc ˆ +ñ
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