problem in loading file into program..

[nyekknyakk]

i made a database program in c and so far, all functions are working(add data, remove data, modify data, view a data, view all data, and save database into a file) except for loading the saved database into the program..

my save function looks like this:

int save() {
	FILE *fp;
	int count;

	if ((fp = fopen("database.txt", "w")) != 0) {
		for (count=0; count<=top; count++) {
			fprintf(fp, "Name: %s\nAge: %d\nSex: %c\n", dB[count]->name, dB[count]->age, dB[count]->sex);
			}
		}
	else {
		printf("Error! Cannot open 'database.txt' for writing.\n");
		exit(0);		
		}
	
	printf("Command executed!");	
	fclose(fp);
	return 0;
	}

this function works as i want it to.
but the problem is the load function:

int load() {
	FILE *fp;
	int count;

	if ((fp = fopen("database.txt", "r")) != 0) {		
		for (count=0 ; count<=top; count++) {
			fscanf(fp, "Name: %s\nAge: %d\nSex: %c\n", &dB[count]->name, &dB[count]->age, &dB[count]->sex);
			}
		}
	else {
		printf("Error! Cannot open 'database.txt' for writing.\n");
		exit(0);
		}
		
	fclose(fp);
	return 0;
	}

what could be wrong?

[Bayint Naung]

'It's not working' does not tell us anything.
What result are you getting now when you call load() function? garbage? segfault? or what??
Do you allocate enough memory? and the main problem is your fscanf(). Go and read doc of fscanf()...
You should check return value of fscanf() also...

[nyekknyakk]

oh.. the load function won't load its contents to the program!
for example, if i use the viewall function once i've restarted the program after saving a database, it won't show anything eventhough database.txt has something in it..

[hk_mp5kpdw]

Well, if you save and close the program it writes top+1 elements to the file. When you restart the program, is there something that figures out what top is supposed to be (some magic code that runs prior to calling load) or does it have some default value (0 perhaps). If it's some default (0) then your loop won't run/load anything.