Re: how to display TEXT data by I-4gl?

In article <1994Sep22.114758.10266@news.nsysu.edu.tw>, jack@cc (jack) writes: > I have difficult in displaying TEXT data by > using Imformix-4gl,I try " DISPLAY TEXT_DATA" where > as TEXT_DATA is a TEXT format data,but it fails. > (I get a "Illegal ESQL locator,or uninitialized BLOB > variable in 4GL" error message) > > What can I do? Jack, You need to LOCATE the TEXT variable before using it. According to the 4GL Supplement, the syntax is: LOCATE variable-list IN {MEMORY | FILE [filename]} This tells 4GL where to store a TEXT or BYTE variable. So, if you TEXT data is quite small, use: DEFINE textvar TEXT LOCATE textvar IN MEMORY Paul. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Nailer 5th Floor, Hadrian TC Melbourne Street Telephone: +44 191 222 4353 Newcastle Upon Tyne Email : nailerp@leeds.syntegra.bt.co.uk NE1 2JQ, UK All opinions expressed here are my own and not BT's -------------------------------------------------------------------------------