From 6d969d975c4482c1d5bacf6f617ae42e42642e28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Fordsmand <indermandfrainderland@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2021 12:45:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Added PostIDS

---
 BlogDB.c | 86 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 78 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/BlogDB.c b/BlogDB.c
index 36bbf86..9c05b8b 100755
--- a/BlogDB.c
+++ b/BlogDB.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ static int PullAuthorData(char* strings[4], int authorID, MYSQL* con);
 static int ChangeAuthor(int postID, int authorID, MYSQL* con);
 static int TogglePost(int postID, MYSQL* con);
 static bool IsEnabled(int postID, MYSQL* con);
+
 static int* ActivePostIDs(MYSQL* con);
 
 // Connects to the MariaDB database and returns the connection 
@@ -827,13 +828,66 @@ bool IsEnabled(int postID, MYSQL* con)
     return !state;
 }
 
+// Returns an array of IDs for all posts,
+// the last element in the array is set to be negative as to prevent going into unallocated data.
+// Remember to free() the returned array 
+int* PostIDs(MYSQL* con)
+{
+
+    if (con == NULL) 
+    {
+        con = conn2maria();
+    }
+
+    // Query the server, if successful continue, else throw error
+    if (mysql_query(con, "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM blog_posts"))
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", mysql_error(con));
+        mysql_close(con);
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    // Get results
+    MYSQL_RES *result = mysql_store_result(con);
+    MYSQL_ROW row;
+    row = mysql_fetch_row(result);
+
+    int count = atoi(row[0]);
+    //printf("%d\n", count);
+
+    free(result);
+   
+    // Query the server, if successful continue, else throw error
+    if (mysql_query(con, "SELECT id FROM blog_posts")) 
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", mysql_error(con));
+        mysql_close(con);
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    MYSQL_RES *result2 = mysql_store_result(con);
+
+    int *arr = (int *)malloc(sizeof(int) * (count + 1));
+    //printf("arr was allocated: %db of memory\n", sizeof(int) * (count + 1));
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
+        row = mysql_fetch_row(result2);
+        if (row != NULL) {
+            arr[i] = atoi(row[0]);
+        }
+    }
+
+    arr[count] = -1;
+
+    return arr;
+
+}
+
 // Returns an array of IDs for all the posts that have state=0, 
 // the last element in the array is set to be negative as to prevent going into unallocated data.
 // Remember to free() the returned array 
 int* ActivePostIDs(MYSQL* con)
 {
-
-
     if (con == NULL) 
     {
         con = conn2maria();
@@ -868,7 +922,7 @@ int* ActivePostIDs(MYSQL* con)
     MYSQL_RES *result2 = mysql_store_result(con);
 
     int *arr = (int *)malloc(sizeof(int) * (count + 1));
-    printf("arr was allocated: %db of memory\n", sizeof(int) * (count + 1));
+    //printf("arr was allocated: %db of memory\n", sizeof(int) * (count + 1));
 
     for (int i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
         row = mysql_fetch_row(result2);
@@ -879,12 +933,7 @@ int* ActivePostIDs(MYSQL* con)
 
     arr[count] = -1;
 
-    //return sizeof(int) * count;
-    //return count;
-
     return arr;
-
-
 }
 
 
@@ -951,6 +1000,27 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     // ===================================
     */
 
+    // ===================================
+    // Example of using 'PostIDs()'
+    // ===================================
+    
+    /*
+    // Generate array of IDs
+    int *num = PostIDs(NULL);
+
+    // Loop until element is negative i.e. the last
+    for (int i = 0; num[i] > 0; ++i) 
+    {
+        // Print contents on a new line
+        printf("%d\n", num[i]);
+    }
+
+    // Free the memory
+    free(num);
+    
+    // ===================================
+    */
+
 
     // Open the connection
     MYSQL *con = conn2maria();
-- 
2.30.2