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- .Na "DBDEAD"
- .Aa
- .Fu
- Determine whether a particular DBPROCESS is dead.
- .Ih "DBPROCESS, dead"
- .Sy
- .Sf "DBBOOL DBDEAD(dbproc)"
- .Sp "DBPROCESS" "*dbproc"
- .Co
- .Bl
- This macro indicates whether or not the specified DBPROCESS is dead.
- It is particularly useful in user-supplied error handlers.
- .Bl
- If a DBPROCESS \f2is\f1 dead, then almost
- every \*L routine which receives it as a parameter will immediately fail,
- calling the user-supplied error handler.
- .Bl
- \f3Note:\f1 If there is no user-supplied error handler, a dead DBPROCESS will
- cause the affected \*L routines not to fail, but to abort the program.
- .Bz
- .Pa
- .Pi dbproc
- A pointer to the DBPROCESS structure that provides the connection
- for a particular front-end/\*S process. It contains all the
- information that \*L uses to manage communications and data between the
- front end and \*S.
- .in -.375i
- .Re
- .br
- TRUE or FALSE.
- .Sa
- dberrhandle,
- errors
-