Prototype

unsigned int db_locate_servers_ex(
SQLCA * sqlca,
SQL_CALLBACK_PARM callback_address,
void * callback_user_data, 
unsigned int bitmask);

Description

Provides programmatic access to the information displayed by the dblocate utility, listing all the SQL Anywhere database servers on the local network that are listening on TCP/IP, and provides a mask parameter used to select addresses passed to the callback function.

The callback function must have the following prototype:

int (*)( SQLCA * sqlca,
a_server_address * server_addr,
void * callback_user_data );

The callback function is called for each server found. If the callback function returns 0, db_locate_servers_ex stops iterating through servers.

The sqlca and callback_user_data passed to the callback function are those passed into db_locate_servers. The second parameter is a pointer to an a_server_address structure. a_server_address is defined in sqlca.h, with the following definition:

typedef struct a_server_address {
    a_sql_uint32   port_type;
    a_sql_uint32   port_num;
    char           *name;
    char           *address;
    char           *dbname;
} a_server_address;

Three bitmask flags are supported:

• DB_LOOKUP_FLAG_NUMERIC
• DB_LOOKUP_FLAG_ADDRESS_INCLUDES_PORT
• DB_LOOKUP_FLAG_DATABASES

These flags are defined in sqlca.h and can be ORed together.

DB_LOOKUP_FLAG_NUMERIC ensures that addresses passed to the callback function are IP addresses, instead of host names.

DB_LOOKUP_FLAG_ADDRESS_INCLUDES_PORT specifies that the address includes the TCP/IP port number in the a_server_address structure passed to the callback function.

DB_LOOKUP_FLAG_DATABASES specifies that the callback function is called once for each database found, or once for each database server found if the database server doesn't support sending database information (version 9.0.2 and earlier database servers).

Returns 1 if successful, 0 otherwise.

For more information, see Server Enumeration utility (dblocate).