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# Write record, fields are specified as hash, unspecified are set to
# undef/empty
sub set_record_hash {
	my ($self, $num, %data) = @_;
	$self->NullError();
	$self->set_record($num, map { $data{$_} } $self->field_names );
}

# Write record, fields specified as hash, unspecified will be
# unchanged
sub update_record_hash {
	my ($self, $num) = ( shift, shift );
	$self->NullError();

	my %olddata = $self->get_record_hash($num);
	return unless %olddata;
	$self->set_record_hash($num, %olddata, @_);
}

# Actually write the data (calling XBase::Base::write_record) and keep
# the overall structure of the file correct;

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	$self->NullError();
	$self->write_record($num, "*");
}
sub undelete_record {
	my ($self, $num) = @_;
	$self->NullError();
	$self->write_record($num, " ");
}

# Update the last change date
sub update_last_change {
	my $self = shift;
	return 1 if defined $self->{'updated_today'};
	my ($y, $m, $d) = (localtime)[5, 4, 3]; $m++; $y -= 100 if $y >= 100;
	$self->write_to(1, pack "C3", ($y, $m, $d)) or return;
	$self->{'updated_today'} = 1;
}
# Update the number of records
sub update_last_record {
	my ($self, $last) = @_;
	$last++;
	$self->write_to(4, pack "V", $last);
	$self->{'num_rec'} = $last;
}

# Creating new dbf file
sub create {
	XBase->NullError();
	my $class = shift;