TextDB Changelog

The TextDB Changelog since the beginning of Version 4.

5.1.0 release

NOT COMPADIBLE WITH PREVIOUS VERSIONS

parseRecord() returns empty array for blank spaces
NAMING CONVENTION CHANGE: internal functions have "__" (double underscore) appended to the beginning of their name
__readHeader() returns the $header array and no longer takes the reference as it's second argument
readHeader() added for backwards compadibility (takes reference as second argument)
Fixed the memo endless loop bug *hopefully*
changed *.tdb to *.tdb5 so previous versions can't access newer versions
Added method __parseQueryString(), and modified query() accordingly
method query() now accepts double pipes ("||") in its query string
added SELECT columns functionability when retrieving record(s)
bug fixed with isTable()
renamed sortAndBuild() to sort(); left placeholder for sortAndBuild() for backwards compadibility
added createSortingArchive()
- added __insertIntoArray()
- added __insertValueIntoSortingArray()
- added __convertSortingArrayToText()
Added header to the TDB5 file, which includes a parser version, so future tDB class versions won't get confused with tdb created in different versions, PREVIOUS VERSIONS WILL NOT RECOGNIZE THE TABLE LIST

query results cached
memo file's first unused block cached
more bugs fixed
rewrote memo functions; same process
tdb::sendError now can use custom error handlers
- Added constant TDB_ERROR_INCLUDE_ORIGIN
- Added constant TDB_PRINT_ERRORS
- Added method tdb::define_error_handler();
- TDB Errors are assigned Error numbers and include the line the error was generated on

NOT COMPADABLE WITH PREVIOUS VERSIONS

Separated memo's into blocks
Added readMemo(), writeMemo(), deleteMemo(), get_ref_data(); removed rewriteMemo()
Changed record deletion and storage method; multiple functions affected;
Added the extention ".ta" to the main table file.
Added Db's name to tables' names to allow multiple Dbs to exist in one directory
Added descriptions to functions
check() now validates workingDir, Db, and Fp