Name

linkfromprevious — updates a previous set in a continuation with details of set just added

Synopsis

use Wacs;
use Wacs::WacsStd;
linkfromprevious(...); 
 

Parameters

parameterdescription
setnoThe set number for set just added.
previousThe set number for the older set now being referred to as the previous one in a connection series.
setposThe position of this set in a sequence of sets (must not be 1!).
dbhandleDatabase handle for the current connection to the database.

Summary

The linkfromprevious updates the previous record with the forward pointer to the just added record to allow a link chain sequence to be built up.

Availability

As a collection administration function, linkfromprevious is currently only available in perl. This function is new in Wacs 0.9.0 and was not available in previous versions.