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Status Needs Review
Workspace Domino Designer
Categories LotusScript
Created by Guest
Created on May 18, 2021

Add namespace property to (Notes)DominoQuery class

When working with DQL, best practice is to create/update/remove indexes programmatically using their according methods.

To avoid conflicts with existing views of the same name, all indexes created should have a prefix.


This can be achieved by using a static string.


Const prefix = "dql1_"

call dql.createIndex(prefix & "idxBySubject", arrFields)


For the sake of object oriented programming, (Notes)DominoQuery should be enhanced by a new property - "namespace"


This makes it easier to keep the maintenance of indexes consistant. Especially, if you have more than one DQL object.


Dim dql As NotesDominoQuery

Set dqlOne = db.Createdominoquery()

Set dqlTwo = db.Createdominoquery()


Set dqlOne.namespace = "dql1_"

Call dqlOne.Createindex("idxBySubject", arrFields)


Set dqlTwo.namespace = "dql2_"

Call dqlTwo.Createindex("idxBySubject", arrFields)


This would automatically create indexes

(dql1_idxbySubject)

(dql2_idxbySubject)


dqlOne.removeIndex("idxbySubject") would automatically find the correct view/index by the namespace


by Ulrich Krause

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