> > I have therefore implemented the function 
> > db_check_record(HNDLE hDB, HNDLE hKey, char *keyname, char *rec_str, BOOL
> correct)
> 
> Stephan, something is very wrong with the new code. My
> "/logger/channels/0/settings" is being destroyed on "begin run".

Okey. I found the problem in db_check_record(): when we decide that we have a
mismatch, we call db_create_record(...,rec_str), but by this time, rec_str no
longer points to the beginning of the ODB string because we started parsing it.

I tried this solution: save rec_str into rec_str_orig, then when we decide that
we have a mismatch, call db_create_record() with this saved rec_str_orig. It
fixes my immediate problem (destruction of "/logger/channels/0/settings"), but is
it correct?

I would like to fix it ASAP to get cvs-head working again: our mhttpd dumps core
on an assert() failure in db_create_record() and the set of db_check_record()
changes might fix it for me.

Here is the CVS diff:

RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/midas/src/odb.c,v
retrieving revision 1.73
diff -r1.73 odb.c
7810a7811
> char             *rec_str_orig = rec_str;
7820c7821
<     return db_create_record(hDB, hKey, keyname, rec_str);
---
>     return db_create_record(hDB, hKey, keyname, rec_str_orig);
7838c7839
<       return db_create_record(hDB, hKey, keyname, rec_str);
---
>       return db_create_record(hDB, hKey, keyname, rec_str_orig);
8023c8024
<               return db_create_record(hDB, hKey, keyname, rec_str);
---
>               return db_create_record(hDB, hKey, keyname, rec_str_orig);
8037c8038
<               return db_create_record(hDB, hKey, keyname, rec_str);
---
>               return db_create_record(hDB, hKey, keyname, rec_str_orig);

K.O.