Handles

Open tables in KISAM are identified by table handles. A table handle is a small integer between 1 and 256 which is assigned by the KISAM library in a KISAMAllocHandle function call used to assign resources to the handle prior to opening the table. After the program is finished with a table and the table has been closed those resources should be freed with a call to KISAMDropHandle.

The handle number is passed as an argument in all subsequent references to that table.