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    private int insertString(String str, RecordStore rStore){
        byte[] buff = new byte[64];
        int rID = 0;
 
        /*
         * Set the first element of the record to 'S' to identify
         * this record as a String.
         */
        buff[0] = (byte)'S';
        int length = asBytes(str, buff, 1);
 
        /*
         * Insert the string into the database.
         */
        try {
            System.out.println( "writing S " + str);
            rID = rStore.addRecord(buff, 0, buff.length);
 
        } catch (RecordStoreException rse) {
            System.err.println(rse.toString());
            try {
                rStore.deleteRecord(rID);
            } catch(Exception ex) {
                System.err.println(ex.toString());
            }
        }
        return rID;
    }

        try {
            System.out.println("deleting ID #" + String.valueOf(recordID));
            recordStore.deleteRecord(recordID);
        } catch (RecordStoreException rse) {
            System.err.println(rse.toString());
        }