Tracy writes:
> In the MPE 5.5 TurboImage manual posted at
> http://docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/doc3k/B3039190010.17091/41 under DBINFO mode 209,
> it says that "each element is a 32-bit Word" which is not only incorrect in
> and of itself, but conflicts with other specs presented.  The elements noted
> are really 16-bit Words, which is actually redundant but nice for clarity (a
> Word is elsewhere defined to be 2 bytes or 16 bits)..
>
> My question here is "To what entity at HP should I present this (or more
> relevant current-release fixes?), and how?".

HP ESC.  They should route the bug to the documentation people.

Here's the current DBINFO 209 layout, as I understand it:

:cseq dbinfo

CSEQ [2.9] - LPS Toolbox [A.07a]            (c) 1995 Lund Performance Solutions

This product is licensed to: Allegro Consultants, Inc.
Procedure dbinfo (
   base         : anyvar int16   ;        {R26, align 16}
   qualifier    : anyvar record  ;        {R25, @32 -> 128, align 16}
   mode         : anyvar int16   ;        {R24, align 16}
   status       : anyvar record  ;        {R23, @32 -> 160, align 16}
   buffer       : anyvar record  )        {SP-$0034, @32 -> 35200, align 16}
...
   { 209    32  Jumbo information                                      }
   {                32 16-bit words (shown with #1 as first index):    }
   {          1  1 if index (B-Tree) attached                          }
   {             0 if no index (B-Tree) attached                       }
   {                                                                   }
   {          2  1 if the attached index (B-Tree) is dama              }
   {             0 otherwise (including if no-index)                   }
   {                                                                   }
   {          3  1 if attached B-Tree was opened ok                    }
   {             2 if attached B-Tree failed to open                   }
   {             0 if no attached B-Tree                               }
   {                                                                   }
   {          4  upper 16 bits of last B-Tree intrnl err               }
   {          5  lower 16 bits of last B-Tree intrnl err               }
   {          6..31 reserved                                           }
   { 301  3n+1  #paths:1, (dataset#:1, search_item#:1,                 }


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