I've found that RegQueryValueEx fails with return code 234 (ERROR_MORE_DATA)
sometimes.  What does this error mean?

If I call RegQueryValueEx on ORACLE_HOME first and RecoveryFolder second,
the RecoveryFolder call fails.  If I switch the order (RecoveryFolder 1st,
ORACLE_HOME 2nd) they both are successful.

 LONG llRet;
 HKEY regkey;
 DWORD ldwSize;
 unsigned char lpszOracleHome[100], lpszRecoveryFolder[100];

// ORACLE_HOME
 llRet = RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "Software\\ORACLE", 0, KEY_READ,
&regkey);
 llRet = RegQueryValueEx(regkey, "ORACLE_HOME", NULL, NULL, lpszOracleHome,
&ldwSize);
 llRet = RegCloseKey(regkey);

// RecoveryFolder
 llRet = RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "Software\\FAMOUS Database", 0,
KEY_READ, &regkey);
 llRet = RegQueryValueEx(regkey, "RecoveryFolder", NULL, NULL,
lpszRecoveryFolder, &ldwSize);
 llRet = RegCloseKey(regkey);

Any ideas?
Thanks - Jim.

You need to initialize ldwSize to the length of your values. After the first
call it will contain the length of string returned. I seem to recall that you
can use a RegQueryValueEx call with a NULL pointer instead of a string address
and it will return the length of the value so that you can create a big enough
buffer for the value.

Jim [VC/MFC MVP]
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