MemCom Reference Manual > MemCom (Old) Fortran77 API > Utility Functions > gprmdb

Name

gprmdb — Get database manager parameters

Synopsis

#include "memcom.ins"


subroutine gprmdb(code,value,status)
character*(*) code
integer*4 value
integer*4 status

Description

gprmdb returns various database manager parameters. To modify database manager parameters, call pprmdb.

Parameters

code

Database parameter key to be retrieved (character, i):

ABORT_LEVEL

Returns the MemCom termination code. idata takes the values MCINITA (default) or MCINITC.

ENDIAN

Returns the byte order of current platform. A value of MCENDIANL designates "little endian" and MCENDIANB "big endian" representation.

LDESC

Returns the Fortran descriptor table size (in bytes).

MAXFIL

Returns the maximum number of MemCom database units.

NBPW

Returns the number of bytes defining a word. Will be either 4 or 8.

NWFLOAT

Returns the number of integer*4 words used to define a MCFLOAT64, i.e 2. Compatibility with older versions of MemCom.

idata

Returned integer data (output).

status

Status code returned (output). Upon successful completion of the operation, the status value 0 is returned. A negative value is returned, if an error has been detected. A positive value is returned, if a warning has been issued. See MemCom error codes.