Re: How to read Flat files from 4gl

In article <3p8018$2sj@apollo.jcpenney.com>, jschumac@uns-dv1 (Joel Schumacher) writes: > habibollah valanejad (vala@netcom.com) wrote: > : billy.wheeler@digitec.co.za (Billy Wheeler) writes: > > : >-> I have a requirment to read the flat file from 4GL. Is there any way > : >-> to do it. > > : >Well, if it's a delimited file, you can use the LOAD statement or you > : > can RUN a dbload and then read it as a table. > > : >---- > : >Digitec Online - South Africa > : >Telnet: bbs.digitec.co.za > > : Why dont you write a 'C' function and call it from your 4gl program ? > > : Habib > > You know, this seems to be one of the most common requests. I see it in > FAQ's, I've heard of other companies writing their own C for this, and > I've seen this in software packages selling this feature. > > This need seems almost universal. Isn't it time that Informix recognize > this and provide it as part of the language so that it can be a standard > as to how to read a flat-file? > YES YES YES! Also - it should be possible to specify a path to a flatfile on a server, for eg from a windows pc specifying a path of /servername//home/david/myflatfile should read it from the server. Ditto for write etc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- David Paulo, InForm Group Ltd.,PO Box 1444, Wellington, New Zealand. Ph: +64 4 472 0996 Fax: +64 4 473 2407 Email: david@inform.co.nz = What would you do if you knew that you could not fail = ----------------------------------------------------------------------