StringIdToDbId
Description
Returns the database ID (DbId) translated from string ID. The DbId is a unique number assigned to every record by HCL Compass.
For stateful records, the string ID is the display name (for example, SAMPL00001234).
Note: This method does not support stateless record types.
Note: For more information on DBIDs, see Working with records
Syntax
VBScript
session.StringIdToDbId string_id
Perl
$session->StringIdToDbId(string_id);
- Identifier
- Description
- session
- The Session object that represents the current database-access session.
- string_id
- A String containing a record string ID (display name)
- Return value
- Returns a Long containing the record database ID.
Examples
VBScript
dbid = session.StringIdToDbId "RAMBU00001234"
Perl
$dbid = $session->StringIdToDbId ("RAMBU00001234");