Hello,

Under AIX 5.1 on the pSeries machine, how do I figure out which ODM classes
have the vchar type in them for purposes of needing to free() it when I'm
done using a result from a query?

This page:
http://publibn.boulder.ibm.com/doc_l...dm_get_obj.htm

says that I need to free vchar pointers in the returned result. I'm fine with
that, but it is unclear how to observe a vchar type.

This page says the CuAt class has a vchar type for the 'values' field:

http://publibn.boulder.ibm.com/doc_l..._Attribute.htm

However, when I use odmshow CuAt, I get this:

AIX nmi-aix > odmshow CuAt
class CuAt {
char name[16]; /* offset: 0xc ( 12) */
char attribute[16]; /* offset: 0x1c ( 28) */
nchar value[256]; /* offset: 0x2c ( 44) */
char type[8]; /* offset: 0x12c ( 300) */
char generic[8]; /* offset: 0x134 ( 308) */
char rep[8]; /* offset: 0x13c ( 316) */
short nls_index; /* offset: 0x144 ( 324) */
};
/*
columns: 7
structsize: 0x148 (328) bytes
data offset: 0x200019f4
population: 129 objects (129 active, 0 deleted)
*/

So, my question is, do I have to free the 'value' attribute in this class?
I would assume no, because it gives the size of the array in the odmshow
CuAt, but the documentation pages lead me to believe otherwise.

How can I tell for sure?

Thank you. I appreciate the help you folks have been giving me over the past
couple months.

-pete