This program is almost the same as the one last i posted but here the bubble sort algorithm is not working, i get a compiler error saying::
size of cdRecords is not known
and
need explicit cast to convert

I cant work out what the problem is because another program with exact same details but different structure works fine,, and yes i have tried converting that one to a CD database,, same problem though......

also the file output here is all jibrish,, this it shouldnt do..

//(Database Management System(DBMS), user interface and report generator for results. 
//Also a diagnostic tool that allows access to the database metrics. 
//This is to show the efficiency of the sort algorithms used.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <io.h>

#define MAX 10

//******************************************************************************************//

//Structure

struct CdRecords
	{	
 		char Artist[20];
		char Album[20];
		char Year[8];
		char Label[20];
		char Genre[20];
	};
//******************************************************************************************//
// FUNCTIONS
void addRecord(struct CdRecords cdDB[]);
void listRecords(struct CdRecords cdDB[]);
void delRecord(struct CdRecords cdDB[]);
void init_list(struct CdRecords cdDB[]);
int menu_select(void);
void loadFile (struct CdRecords cdDB[]);
void saveFile(struct CdRecords cdDB[]);
void SearchTitle(struct CdRecords cdDB[]);
void findRecord(struct CdRecords cdDB[]);

void sortRecords(struct cdRecords cdDB[]);
void naive_sort (struct cdRecords cdDB[], int arraySize, int * count);
void swap (struct CdRecords * v1, struct cdRecords * v2);

const int datasize = 20;

//******************************************************************************************//

//MAIN FUNCTION

void main(void)
{
	struct CdRecords cdDB[MAX];

    	char choice;	//TO CAPTURE THE MENU SELECTION

    	init_list(cdDB);	//CLEAR THE STRUCTURE

	for (;;) {		//LOOP AROUND MENU SELECTION UNTIL USER EXITS

		choice =menu_select(); // CALL MENU_SELECT FUNCTION AND RETURN VALUE IN FIELD - CHOICE
		switch(choice){
			case 1:addRecord(cdDB);
				break;
			case 2:delRecord(cdDB);
				break;
			case 3:listRecords(cdDB);
				break;
        		case 4:saveFile(cdDB);
				break;
			case 5:loadFile(cdDB);
				break;
			case 6:findRecord(cdDB);
				break;
			case 7:sortRecords(cdDB);
				break;
			case 8:exit(0);
				break;
		}//END SWITCH
	}//END FOR

}
//******************************************************************************************//

//INITIALISE THE STRUCTURE

void init_list(struct CdRecords cdDB[])
{
	int t;					//TO CONTROL LOOP FOR CLEARING STRUCTURE
	for (t=0;t<MAX; t++)
		cdDB[t].Artist[0] = '\0';	//SET THE TITLE TO NULL
}
//******************************************************************************************//

//DISPLAY MENU OPTIONS 

menu_select(void)

	{char s [80];
	int c;

	printf("*** MAIN MENU ***\n");

	printf("1.Enter\n");			//DISPLAY MENU OPTIONS TO USER
	printf("2.Delete\n");
	printf("3.List\n");
	printf("4.Save File\n");
	printf("5.Load File\n");
	printf("6.Search\n");
	printf("7.Sort\n");
	printf("8.Exit\n");

	do{
		printf("Enter choice ");
		gets(s);
		c = atoi(s);

	}while(c<0 ||c> 8);			// EXIT APPLICATION WHEN USER SELECTS 7
	return c;
}

//******************************************************************************************//

// ADD NEW ENTRIES TO THE FILE

void addRecord(struct CdRecords cdDB[])
{
	int slot;				// INTEGER TO LOCATE FREE SPACE IN STRUCTURE
	char s[80];				// CALL THE FIND_FREE FUNCTION AND RETURN VALUE IN FIELD - SLOT
	slot = find_free(cdDB);
	
	if (slot==-1){				//IF SLOT = -1 THEN THE STRUCTURE IS FULL
  		printf("LIst Full");
	return;
	}

	printf("Enter Artist: ");		//PROMPT TO ADD TITLE
	gets(cdDB[slot].Artist);

	printf("Enter Album: ");		//PROMPT TO ADD AUTHOR
	gets(cdDB[slot].Album);

	printf("Enter Label: ");		//PROMPT TO ADD PUBLISHER
	gets(cdDB[slot].Label);

	printf("Enter Year: ");			//PROMPT TO ADD YEAR
	gets(cdDB[slot].Year);

	printf("Enter Genre: ");			//PROMPT TO ADD ISBN
	gets(cdDB[slot].Genre);

	

}

//******************************************************************************************//

//SEARCH FOR A TITLE

void findRecord(struct CdRecords cdDB[])
{
	system("CLS");
   	int i;					//FIELD TO HOLD ARRAY COUNT FOR STRUCTURE
   	char SearchTitle[20];			//FIELD TO HOLD ENTERED TITLE TO BE SEARCHED FOR
	int FoundRec;				//FIELD TO INDICATE IF RECORD FOUND
   	printf("Enter Title :");		//PROMPT USER TO ENTER TITLE
   	scanf("%s", SearchTitle);		//CAPTURE ENTERED TITLE
	FoundRec = 0;
  	for(i = 0;i<datasize;i++){		//LOOP ROUND THE LIBRARY STRUCTURE CHECKING EACH TITLE
  	 
     		if((strcmp(SearchTitle,cdDB[i].Artist))==0){
     	 
	  		printf("\n");
        		printf("%s\n",cdDB[i].Artist);
	  		printf("%s\n",cdDB[i].Album);
	  		printf("%s\n",cdDB[i].Label);
	  		printf("%d\n",cdDB[i].Year);
	  		printf("%s\n",cdDB[i].Genre);
	  		
			FoundRec = 1;
   		}// END IF
   	}//END FOR
        
	if (FoundRec == 0)
		printf("Title Not Found \n"); 	//INFORM USER IF NO RECORD FOUND
	
   	printf("Hit Enter to Return to the Main Menu \n");
   	fflush(stdin);
   	getch();
	 
}

//******************************************************************************************//

//FIND FREE SLOT TO ADD NEW ENTRY

int find_free(struct CdRecords cdDB[])
{
	int t;
	char test;				//FIELD TO CHECK FOR A VALUE IN TITLE
	for(t=0; t<MAX; t++){
		test = cdDB[t].Artist[0];	//STORE TITLE IN TEST FIELD

		if (test=='\0'){		//IF TEST FIELD IS NULL THERE IS AN EMPTY SLOT		
			return t;		//RETURN THE SLOT NUMBER
	}

	}

	return -1;				//IF NO FREE SLOTS FOUND RETURN -1
}

//******************************************************************************************//

//DELETE THE SELECTED ITEM

void delRecord(struct CdRecords cdDB[])
{
	int slot;				//INTEGER TO HOLD SLOT NUMBER
	char s[80];				//FIELD TO HOLD INPUTTED RECORD NUMBER TO DELETE
	printf("Enter Record #: ");		//PROMPT FOR RECORD NUMBER TO DELETE
	gets(s);
	slot = atoi(s);				//CONVERT INPUT VALUE TO A SLOT NUMBER

	if (slot>=0 && slot < MAX)		//IF SLOT NUMBER IS SMALLER THAN MAX
		cdDB[slot].Artist[0] = '\0';	//CLEAR SELECTED STRUCTURE ENTRY
}

//******************************************************************************************//

//DISPLAY THE LIST OF ENTRIES TO THE SCREEN

void listRecords(struct CdRecords cdDB[])
{
	printf("\n\n LISTING LIBRARY FILE....\n");
	int t;					//INTEGER TO CONTROL FOR LOOP
	for (t=0; t<MAX; ++t) {
		if (cdDB[t].Artist[0]) {	//IF THERE IS DATA IN THE SELECTED TITLE
				
			printf("%s\n",cdDB[t].Artist);	//PRINT ALL DETAILS TO SCREEN
	  		printf("%s\n",cdDB[t].Album);
	  		printf("%s\n",cdDB[t].Label);
	  		printf("%d\n",cdDB[t].Year);
	  		printf("%s\n",cdDB[t].Genre);
		}
	}
	printf("\n\n");
}

//******************************************************************************************//

//SAVE THE cdDB STRUCTURE DETAILS TO THE music FILE

void saveFile(struct CdRecords cdDB[])
{

	printf("\n\n SAVING FILE.......\n");		
	FILE *fp;					//DEFINE THE FILE POINTER
	int i;
	if ((fp=fopen("music.txt","wb"))==NULL){	//OPEN THE FILE - CAPTURE RESULT
		printf("Cannot Open File \n");		//AND DISPLAY MESSAGE TO USER IF 
		return;					//UNABLE TO LOCATE FILE

	}
for (i=0; i<MAX; i++)					//LOOP ROUND CHECKING FOR A VALUE IN TITLE 
  if (*cdDB[i].Artist)				//AND SAVE ALL STRUCTURE DETAILS TO FILE
	//if (fwrite(&cdDB[i],			//CHECK THAT WE ARE NOT EXCEEDING SIZE OF 
		//sizeof(struct cdRecords),1,fp)!=1)		//STRUCTURE
			//printf("File Write Error\n");	//IF YES DISPLAY MESSAGE TO USER 

fclose(fp);
}

//******************************************************************************************//


//LOAD THE DETAILS OF THE LIBRARY FILE TO THE LIB STRUCTURE

void loadFile (struct CdRecords cdDB[])

{
	printf("\n\n LOADING FILE.......\n");
	FILE *fp;					//DEFINE THE FILE POINTER

	int i;
	if ((fp=fopen("music.txt","rb"))==NULL){	//OPEN THE FILE - IF NOT FOUND
		printf("Cannot Open File \n");		//DISPLAY MESSAGE TO USER
		return;
	}
init_list(cdDB);						//CLEAR STRUCTURE 
for (i=0; i<MAX; i++)					//LOOP ROUND AND 
	if (fread(&cdDB[i],				//COPY FILE RECORDS TO THE STRUCTURE
		sizeof(struct CdRecords),1,fp)!=1){
			if (feof(fp)) break;		//CHECK FOR ERROR IN READING FILE
			printf("File Read Error\n");

//******************************************************************************************//


// SORT FILE BY TITLE USING BUBBLESORT METHOD

void sortRecords(struct cdRecords cdDB[])
{
     system("CLS");
	 int count = 0;
	 
     naive_sort (cdDB, datasize, & count);
	 
	 					//if(ch==3){
	 					//q_sort (cdDB, count);
						// }
     
        printf("\nCritical count is : %d\n",count);
     
        printf("Array has been sorted");
     printf("Press Enter To Continue");
     fflush(stdin);
     getch();
}	

// BUBBLESORT METHOD

void naive_sort (struct cdRecords array [], int arraySize, int * count)
 {
   for (int pass = 0; pass <= arraySize - 2; pass++)
    { for (int counter = 0; counter <= arraySize - 2-pass; counter++)
       {
        *count = *count + 1; // count critical operations
        if (strcmp(array[counter].Artist,array[counter+1].Artist)>0)
	   swap (&array[counter], &array[counter+1]);
       }
    }
 }

// SWAP A PAIR OF VALUES
void swap (struct CdRecords * v1, struct cdRecords * v2)
   {
    struct CdRecords temp;
    temp = *v1;
    *v1 = *v2;
    *v2 = temp;
  }

if u are using getch(), it not #include <io.h>. Is #include<conio.h>. You forgot to define 1 of your function int find_free(struct CdRecords cdDB[]);.And i think your main problem with your program is struct cdRecords.
You define your struct as struct CdRecords but you wrote struct cdRecords as an arguement/parameter in your function call. This is the reason why "size of cdRecords is not known". I have change those errors and it can run. Try out and see whether it solve your problem.

//(Database Management System(DBMS), user interface and report generator for results. 
//Also a diagnostic tool that allows access to the database metrics. 
//This is to show the efficiency of the sort algorithms used.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <conio.h>

#define MAX 10

//******************************************************************************************//

//Structure

struct CdRecords
	{	
 		char Artist[20];
		char Album[20];
		char Year[8];
		char Label[20];
		char Genre[20];
	};

//******************************************************************************************//
// FUNCTIONS
void addRecord(struct CdRecords cdDB[]);
void listRecords(struct CdRecords cdDB[]);
void delRecord(struct CdRecords cdDB[]);
void init_list(struct CdRecords cdDB[]);
int menu_select(void);
void loadFile (struct CdRecords cdDB[]);
void saveFile(struct CdRecords cdDB[]);
void SearchTitle(struct CdRecords cdDB[]);
void findRecord(struct CdRecords cdDB[]);

void sortRecords(struct CdRecords cdDB[]);
void naive_sort (struct CdRecords cdDB[], int arraySize, int * count);
void swap (struct CdRecords * v1, struct CdRecords * v2);
int find_free(struct CdRecords cdDB[]);

const int datasize = 20;

//******************************************************************************************//

//MAIN FUNCTION

void main(void)
{
	struct CdRecords cdDB[MAX];

    	char choice;	//TO CAPTURE THE MENU SELECTION

    	init_list(cdDB);	//CLEAR THE STRUCTURE

	for (;;) {		//LOOP AROUND MENU SELECTION UNTIL USER EXITS

		choice =menu_select(); // CALL MENU_SELECT FUNCTION AND RETURN VALUE IN FIELD - CHOICE
		switch(choice){
			case 1:addRecord(cdDB);
				break;
			case 2:delRecord(cdDB);
				break;
			case 3:listRecords(cdDB);
				break;
        		case 4:saveFile(cdDB);
				break;
			case 5:loadFile(cdDB);
				break;
			case 6:findRecord(cdDB);
				break;
			case 7:sortRecords(cdDB);
				break;
			case 8:exit(0);
				break;
		}//END SWITCH
	}//END FOR

}
//******************************************************************************************//

//INITIALISE THE STRUCTURE

void init_list(struct CdRecords cdDB[])
{
	int t;					//TO CONTROL LOOP FOR CLEARING STRUCTURE
	for (t=0;t<MAX; t++)
		cdDB[t].Artist[0] = '\0';	//SET THE TITLE TO NULL
}
//******************************************************************************************//

//DISPLAY MENU OPTIONS 

menu_select(void)

	{char s [80];
	int c;

	printf("*** MAIN MENU ***\n");

	printf("1.Enter\n");			//DISPLAY MENU OPTIONS TO USER
	printf("2.Delete\n");
	printf("3.List\n");
	printf("4.Save File\n");
	printf("5.Load File\n");
	printf("6.Search\n");
	printf("7.Sort\n");
	printf("8.Exit\n");

	do{
		printf("Enter choice ");
		gets(s);
		c = atoi(s);

	}while(c<0 ||c> 8);			// EXIT APPLICATION WHEN USER SELECTS 7
	return c;
}

//******************************************************************************************//

// ADD NEW ENTRIES TO THE FILE

void addRecord(struct CdRecords cdDB[])
{
	int slot;				// INTEGER TO LOCATE FREE SPACE IN STRUCTURE
	//char s[80];				// CALL THE FIND_FREE FUNCTION AND RETURN VALUE IN FIELD - SLOT
	slot = find_free(cdDB);
	
	if (slot==-1){				//IF SLOT = -1 THEN THE STRUCTURE IS FULL
  		printf("LIst Full");
	return;
	}

	printf("Enter Artist: ");		//PROMPT TO ADD TITLE
	gets(cdDB[slot].Artist);

	printf("Enter Album: ");		//PROMPT TO ADD AUTHOR
	gets(cdDB[slot].Album);

	printf("Enter Label: ");		//PROMPT TO ADD PUBLISHER
	gets(cdDB[slot].Label);

	printf("Enter Year: ");			//PROMPT TO ADD YEAR
	gets(cdDB[slot].Year);

	printf("Enter Genre: ");			//PROMPT TO ADD ISBN
	gets(cdDB[slot].Genre);

	

}

//******************************************************************************************//

//SEARCH FOR A TITLE

void findRecord(struct CdRecords cdDB[])
{
	system("CLS");
   	int i;					//FIELD TO HOLD ARRAY COUNT FOR STRUCTURE
   	char SearchTitle[20];			//FIELD TO HOLD ENTERED TITLE TO BE SEARCHED FOR
	int FoundRec;				//FIELD TO INDICATE IF RECORD FOUND
   	printf("Enter Title :");		//PROMPT USER TO ENTER TITLE
   	scanf("%s", SearchTitle);		//CAPTURE ENTERED TITLE
	FoundRec = 0;
  	for(i = 0;i<datasize;i++){		//LOOP ROUND THE LIBRARY STRUCTURE CHECKING EACH TITLE
  	 
     		if((strcmp(SearchTitle,cdDB[i].Artist))==0){
     	 
	  		printf("\n");
        		printf("%s\n",cdDB[i].Artist);
	  		printf("%s\n",cdDB[i].Album);
	  		printf("%s\n",cdDB[i].Label);
	  		printf("%d\n",cdDB[i].Year);
	  		printf("%s\n",cdDB[i].Genre);
	  		
			FoundRec = 1;
   		}// END IF
   	}//END FOR
        
	if (FoundRec == 0)
		printf("Title Not Found \n"); 	//INFORM USER IF NO RECORD FOUND
	
   	printf("Hit Enter to Return to the Main Menu \n");
   	fflush(stdin);
   	getch();
	 
}

//******************************************************************************************//

//FIND FREE SLOT TO ADD NEW ENTRY

int find_free(struct CdRecords cdDB[])
{
	int t;
	char test;				//FIELD TO CHECK FOR A VALUE IN TITLE
	for(t=0; t<MAX; t++){
		test = cdDB[t].Artist[0];	//STORE TITLE IN TEST FIELD

		if (test=='\0'){		//IF TEST FIELD IS NULL THERE IS AN EMPTY SLOT		
			return t;		//RETURN THE SLOT NUMBER
	}

	}

	return -1;				//IF NO FREE SLOTS FOUND RETURN -1
}

//******************************************************************************************//

//DELETE THE SELECTED ITEM

void delRecord(struct CdRecords cdDB[])
{
	int slot;				//INTEGER TO HOLD SLOT NUMBER
	char s[80];				//FIELD TO HOLD INPUTTED RECORD NUMBER TO DELETE
	printf("Enter Record #: ");		//PROMPT FOR RECORD NUMBER TO DELETE
	gets(s);
	slot = atoi(s);				//CONVERT INPUT VALUE TO A SLOT NUMBER

	if (slot>=0 && slot < MAX)		//IF SLOT NUMBER IS SMALLER THAN MAX
		cdDB[slot].Artist[0] = '\0';	//CLEAR SELECTED STRUCTURE ENTRY
}

//******************************************************************************************//

//DISPLAY THE LIST OF ENTRIES TO THE SCREEN

void listRecords(struct CdRecords cdDB[])
{
	printf("\n\n LISTING LIBRARY FILE....\n");
	int t;					//INTEGER TO CONTROL FOR LOOP
	for (t=0; t<MAX; ++t) {
		if (cdDB[t].Artist[0]) {	//IF THERE IS DATA IN THE SELECTED TITLE
				
			printf("%s\n",cdDB[t].Artist);	//PRINT ALL DETAILS TO SCREEN
	  		printf("%s\n",cdDB[t].Album);
	  		printf("%s\n",cdDB[t].Label);
	  		printf("%d\n",cdDB[t].Year);
	  		printf("%s\n",cdDB[t].Genre);
		}
	}
	printf("\n\n");
}

//******************************************************************************************//

//SAVE THE cdDB STRUCTURE DETAILS TO THE music FILE

void saveFile(struct CdRecords cdDB[])
{

	printf("\n\n SAVING FILE.......\n");		
	FILE *fp;					//DEFINE THE FILE POINTER
	int i;
	if ((fp=fopen("music.txt","wb"))==NULL){	//OPEN THE FILE - CAPTURE RESULT
		printf("Cannot Open File \n");		//AND DISPLAY MESSAGE TO USER IF 
		return;					//UNABLE TO LOCATE FILE

	}
for (i=0; i<MAX; i++)					//LOOP ROUND CHECKING FOR A VALUE IN TITLE 
  if (*cdDB[i].Artist)				//AND SAVE ALL STRUCTURE DETAILS TO FILE
	//if (fwrite(&cdDB[i],			//CHECK THAT WE ARE NOT EXCEEDING SIZE OF 
		//sizeof(struct CdRecords),1,fp)!=1)		//STRUCTURE
			//printf("File Write Error\n");	//IF YES DISPLAY MESSAGE TO USER 

fclose(fp);
}

//******************************************************************************************//


//LOAD THE DETAILS OF THE LIBRARY FILE TO THE LIB STRUCTURE

void loadFile (struct CdRecords cdDB[])

{
	printf("\n\n LOADING FILE.......\n");
	FILE *fp;					//DEFINE THE FILE POINTER

	int i;
	if ((fp=fopen("music.txt","rb"))==NULL){	//OPEN THE FILE - IF NOT FOUND
		printf("Cannot Open File \n");		//DISPLAY MESSAGE TO USER
		return;
	}
init_list(cdDB);						//CLEAR STRUCTURE 
for (i=0; i<MAX; i++)					//LOOP ROUND AND 
	if (fread(&cdDB[i],				//COPY FILE RECORDS TO THE STRUCTURE
		sizeof(struct CdRecords),1,fp)!=1){
			if (feof(fp)) break;		//CHECK FOR ERROR IN READING FILE
			printf("File Read Error\n");
	}

}
//******************************************************************************************//


// SORT FILE BY TITLE USING BUBBLESORT METHOD

void sortRecords(struct CdRecords cdDB[])
{
     system("CLS");
	 int count = 0;
	 
     naive_sort (cdDB, datasize, & count);
	 
	 					//if(ch==3){
	 					//q_sort (cdDB, count);
						// }
     
        printf("\nCritical count is : %d\n",count);
     
        printf("Array has been sorted");
     printf("Press Enter To Continue");
     fflush(stdin);
     getch();
}	

// BUBBLESORT METHOD

void naive_sort (struct CdRecords array [], int arraySize, int * count)
{
   for (int pass = 0; pass <= arraySize - 2; pass++)
    { for (int counter = 0; counter <= arraySize - 2-pass; counter++)
       {
        *count = *count + 1; // count critical operations
        if (strcmp(array[counter].Artist,array[counter+1].Artist)>0)
	   swap (&array[counter], &array[counter+1]);
       }
    }
}

// SWAP A PAIR OF VALUES
void swap (struct CdRecords * v1, struct CdRecords * v2)
{
    struct CdRecords temp;
    temp = *v1;
    *v1 = *v2;
    *v2 = temp;
}

dude thanx for the help.... but yesterday i did notice those problems and i changed the layout of my program and im not getting ne problems..thanks to Ancient Dragon and the rest of u guys here...

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