Merge pull request #23 from realrainer/master

active record must have a space in deletion flag
LindsayBradford · Mar 16, 2022 · a4c6348 · a4c6348
2 parents a8432b1 + a2aa6a4
commit a4c6348
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diff --git a/godbf/dbftable.go b/godbf/dbftable.go
@@ -333,6 +333,10 @@ func (dt *DbfTable) AddNewRecord() (newRecordNumber int) {
 	}
 
 	newRecord := make([]byte, dt.lengthOfEachRecord)
+	// each record begins with a 1-byte "deletion" flag. If record is active the byte's value is a space (0x20)
+	if dt.lengthOfEachRecord > 0 {
+		newRecord[0] = 0x20
+	}
 	dt.dataStore = appendSlice(dt.dataStore, newRecord)
 
 	// since row numbers are "0" based first we set newRecordNumber