Re: INPUT ARRAY delete

Posted in 1991

Walt Hultgren {rmy} — Thu, 17 Oct 91 22:25:26 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Path: emory!swrinde!mips!apple!motcsd!starnet!pmahler From: pmahler@StarConn.com (Paul Mahler) Newsgroups: comp.databases.informix Keywords: INPUT ARRAY, delete Message-ID: <1991Oct17.055640.29381@StarConn.com> Date: 17 Oct 91 05:56:40 GMT References: <1991Oct15.063248.27613@qualcomm.com> <8640@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> Organization: Starnet-Public Access UNIX-Los Altos,CA 415-949-3133, login:info lbrintle@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu (Lee Brintle) writes: >In article <1991Oct15.063248.27613@qualcomm.com> g_arne@bigbird.qualcomm.com > (Arne Mortensen...guest) writes: >>I often use INPUT ARRAY WITHOUT DEFAULTS and I typically end up doing >>some kludgy thing to allow the user to bail out of a DELETE. For >>example, if the user pressed DELETE on a row, I ask the user to confirm >>the action and if the action is not confirmed, I EXIT INPUT and re-issue >>the INPUT ARRAY (now updated up to the last user action). It would seem >>that Informix should have the capability to allow the program to abort >>the DELETE without forcing an abortion of the entire INPUT ARRAY. >>Similarly, there are times that I want to restrict the user from performing >>an INSERT. >Informix's BEFORE DELETE and BEFORE INSERT clauses are silly; there's no way >to say "don't do that" (see also: no way to prevent a user from pressing >down arrow in an INPUT ARRAY). >Best bet: re-map the DELETE and INSERT keys to something else (like F32), >and write your own delete and insert routines triggered by ON KEY statements. >Of course, this means that you always have to call "set_count" with the >*maximum* number of items that can be added, there is no way to stop the >user from going off the bottom of the "filled in" portion (well, no good >way), and you cannot use the "required" clause in screen forms. But hey, >that's the price you pay... hopefully, Informix will fix their INPUT ARRAY >handling *one*of*these*days*. >-- >Lee Brintle | ``And so, I leave you with this final word: >Leepfrog / Tanj | twang.'' My source library fixes this, and all other problems, you may be having with the input array or display array statements. Paul Mahler pmahler@StarConn.com -- -------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Mahler internet: pmahler@StarConn.com Consultant 1800 Market St. #257 voice: 415.327.6737