Hi,

I have noticed a problem with deleting a key to an array in odb, then
recreating the record as in the code below. The record is recreated
successfully, but when viewing it with mhttpd, a spurious blank line
(coloured orange) is visible, followed by the rest of the data as normal.

This blank line causes trouble with experim.h because it
produces an empty structure e.g. :

#define CYCLE_SCALERS_SETTINGS_DEFINED

typedef struct {
  struct {
  } ;
  char      names[60][32];
} CYCLE_SCALERS_SETTINGS;

rather than :

#define CYCLE_SCALERS_SETTINGS_DEFINED

typedef struct {
  char      names[60][32];
} CYCLE_SCALERS_SETTINGS;


This empty structure causes a compilation error when rebuilding clients that
use experim.h

SD



 CYCLE_SCALERS_TYPE1_SETTINGS_STR(type1_str);
 CYCLE_SCALERS_TYPE2_SETTINGS_STR(type2_str);

Both type1_str and type2_str have been defined as in
experim.h
i.e.
#define CYCLE_SCALERS_TYPE1_SETTINGS_STR(_name) char *_name[] = {\
"[.]",\
"Names = STRING[60] :",\
"[32] Back%BSeg00",\
"[32] Back%BSeg01",\
 ........
 ........
"[32] General%NeutBm Cycle Sum",\
"[32] General%NeutBm Cycle Asym",\
"",\
NULL }

#define CYCLE_SCALERS_TYPE2_SETTINGS_STR(_name) char *_name[] = {\
"[.]",\
"Names = STRING[60] :",\
"[32] Back%BSeg00",\
"[32] Back%BSeg01",\
...........
............
"[32] General%B/F Cumul -",\
"[32] General%Asym Cumul -",\
"",\
NULL }

  if (db_find_key(hDB, 0, "/Equipment/Cycle_scalers/Settings/",&hKey) ==
DB_SUCCESS)
    db_delete_key(hDB,hKey,FALSE);
          
  if (  strncmp(fs.input.experiment_name,"1",1) == 0) {
      exp_mode = 1; /* Imusr type - scans */
      status =
db_create_record(hDB,0,"/Equipment/Cycle_scalers/Settings/",strcomb(type1_str));
    }
  else {
    exp_mode = 2; /* TDmusr types - noscans */
    status =
db_create_record(hDB,0,"/Equipment/Cycle_scalers/Settings/",strcomb(type2_str));
  }