Hi!
>>>>> "Scara" == Scara Maccai <m_lists@stripped> writes:
Scara> I'm writing my own custom engine.
Scara> In the docs I read:
Scara> "The position() method is called after every call to rnd_next() if the data
> needs to be reordered"
Scara> But I can't find a way to trigger the "position" call in my custom engine.
Scara> Plus:
Scara> "void ha_foo::position(const byte *record)
Scara> The contents of *record are up to you whatever value you provide will be
Scara> returned in a later call to retrieve the row. "
Scara> But in myisam:
Scara> void ha_myisam::position(const uchar *record)
Scara> {
Scara> my_off_t row_position= mi_position(file);
Scara> my_store_ptr(ref, ref_length, row_position);
Scara> }
Scara> the "record" par is not even used...
Scara> Can somebody explain?
The record is only needed if your engine needs some parts of the
current record to generate a reference key to the current row. For
example if you can only refer to a row with a primary key.
MyISAM maintains a direct pointer to the current row and this is what
it returns to the handler level.
Regards,
Monty
