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NAME

CSSM_HRS_DbCreate, HRS_DbCreate — Creates and opens a new database

SYNOPSIS

#include <hrs.h>

API

CSSM_RETURN CSSMAPI CSSM_HRS_DbCreate
(CSSM_HRS_HANDLE ModuleHandle,
const uint8 *DbName,
CSSM_HRS_DB_ACCESS_TYPE AccessRequest,
CSSM_HRS_DB_HANDLE_PTR DbHandle);

SPI

CSSM_RETURN CSSMHRI HRS_DbCreate
(CSSM_HRS_HANDLE ModuleHandle,
const uint8 *DbName,
CSSM_HRS_DB_ACCESS_TYPE AccessRequest,
CSSM_HRS_DB_HANDLE_PTR DbHandle);

LIBRARY

HRS Extensible Module Manager (cdsa$inhrsemm_shr.exe)

PARAMETERS

The parameter definitions are the same for the API and the SPI.

ModuleHandle (input) 

The handle of the attached HRS service provider.

DbName (input) 

A pointer to the null-terminated string containing the name of the new database.

AccessRequest (input)  

An indicator of the requested access mode for the database, such as read or write.

DbHandle (output)  

The handle to the newly created and open data store. The value will be set to CSSM_HRS_DB_INVALID_HANDLE if the function fails.

DESCRIPTION

This function creates and opens a new database. The name of the new database is specified by the input parameter DbName. The newly created database is opened under the specified access mode.

RETURN VALUE

A CSSM_RETURN value indicating success or specifying a particular error condition. The value CSSM_OK indicates success. All other values represent an error condition.

ERRORS

Errors are described in the CDSA Technical Standard.

CSSMERR_CSSM_NOT_INITIALIZED
CSSMERR_CSSM_FUNCTION_FAILED
CSSMERR_CSSM_FUNCTION_NOT_IMPLEMENTED
CSSMERR_CSSM_FUNCTION_INTEGRITY_FAIL
CSSMERR_HRS_DATABASE_ALREADY_EXISTS
CSSMERR_HRS_INVALID_ACCESS_REQUEST
CSSMERR_HRS_INVALID_DATABASE_NAME