Assign string to element in structure in C

Question

I have this structure:

typedef struct SM_DB
{
    LIST_TYPE           link;
    char                name[SM_NAME_SIZE];
} SM_DB_TYPE;

And I

Answer 1

Use:

strcpy(one.name, "Alpha"); //Removed null byte (Read first comment by shf301)

Alternative:

typedef struct SM_DB  
{
    LIST_TYPE           link;
    char*               name;   
} SM_DB_TYPE;

SM_DB_TYPE one;
one.name = malloc(sizeof(char) * (strlen("Alpha") + 1); //Allocate memory
if (!one.name) {
   /* Error handling */
} else {
    strcpy(one.name, "Alpha");
}