Re: Batch Processing

Mik Hobbs wrote } }Anyone trying to do batch updates in anything other than ESQL/C is going }to give themselves a headache !! } }C is ideal for reading flat files and combined with the power of }embedded SQL, there really is no substitute. }> }>:How do you update random rows within a table using data located with }>:an external flat file? }> }>We use some of the file io rutines available in the software }>repository at http://www.iiug.org to read the files in 4GL and do the }>updates. I wouldn't be that strong :-) we use isqlPERL typically for such jobs. And that means less headache than doing the job with C/C++. Perl is still one of the best RAD tools - specially for batch jobs. -- Chris Drauch <cdr@xteam.co.at> ... just speaking for myself ...