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Informix basic commands
Informix Unleashed (based on the Kathy Kipp book): http://docs.rinet.ru:8083/InforSmes/- jfshadow
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Sample 4GL to move Char(1978) to BYTE
In the 4GL code you will need to assign the CHAR to memory with "LOCATE l_blob IN MEMORY" for a variable like: DEFINE l_blob text, l_char char(1978) SYNTAX: LOCATE l_blob IN MEMORY let l_blob = l_char From here you can insert into the text...- jfshadow
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In the middle of a transaction
If you want some SQL statements to execute only if certain conditions are met, then you will just need to put them in a CASE or IF statement. If you mean that you want to execute them outside of a transaction, that's not really possible, unless you first issue a COMMIT WORK or ROLLBACK WORK...- jfshadow
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c4gl error
If its a path problem, you should get error output that says something about not finding a particular library. Check your LD_LIBRARY_PATH on both machines to make sure. Alternatively, one machine may not catch a syntax error because its compiler is different than the other. In other words, one...- jfshadow
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system commands in graphical window
There may be a C routine that can be compiled into the 4gl code that can do this, but by default the only thing returned to the 4gl program from a system call is the exit status. What I have done in the past, for instance to return the PID of a processes started, such as another 4gl program, is...- jfshadow
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