RE: shell scripts

Posted in 1998

Narkinsky, Pat — Thu, 27 Aug 1998 08:45:04 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

>I run an ISP, and we have user information stored in our Informix database. >hat I want to be able to set up is a script that will enable the user to log >n, give their username and password and a date range for their query, save >their username and the date range to environment variables, then perform a >select query on the database based on these variables. One suggestion: Don't use shell. Use perl with the DBI and DBD::Informix extensions. It is MUCH simpler. Patrick