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See also: TgdbItem, SearchForItemID, GetClosestItemIDIx | |||
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Accessing a particular entry of the database is normally performed by using its database entry number p (see figure below). However, entry numbers may change during the lifetime of a database (i.e. after deleting one or more entries). Consequently, they must not be used to set up relations between database entries. In order to have a reliable, never-changing and unique key to the data in the database, each new entry automatically receives an item ID (parameter ItemID) which can be used to access a particular database entry even when the entry number has changed.
In order to retrieve the current database entry number of a particular item the method SearchForItemID should be used. Alternatively, the method GetClosestItemIDIx can be applied, which is, however, not so simple to use as the SearchForItemID method,
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