Re: [coldsync-hackers] fetch conduit does not update pdb

[Andrew Arensburger <arensb+CShackers at ooblick dot com>]

On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 11:00:00PM +0100, Peer Oliver Schmidt wrote:
> #!/usr/bin/perl
> #----------------------------------------
> #
> # For access to the Palm
> use Palm::PDB;
> use Palm::ToDo;  
> use ColdSync;
> use ColdSync::SPC;
> # For access to the database system
> $pdb = new Palm::ToDo;
> StartConduit("fetch");
> $pdb->Load($HEADERS{"OutputDB"});
> $pdb_record = $pdb->append_Record;
> $pdb_record->{Description} = "Hallo";
> $pdb_record->{Priority} = 5;
> EndConduit("fetch");
> exit 0;
> 
> Shouldn't this create a new todo?

	You create $pdb and manipulate it okay, but then it never gets
written to disk. As Alessandro pointed out, &StartConduit and
&EndConduit use $PDB, not $pdb.
	Of course, since &StartConduit loads the PDB for you, and
&EndConduit writes it, you don't need the &new or &Load calls.

> Question to the list is: Is the above way correct to add a single entr
>>y to the to do
> list?

	Looks good to me.

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