Re: setting database at runtime with 4gl

Posted in 1995

Storm Software — 10 Feb 1995 18:31:50 +0200 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Karla Leibowitz (karla@duke.group1.COM) wrote: : Databases can be switched at run-time by using a case statement and passing : the name of the database as either a command line argumen using arg_val, : as an environment variable using fgl_getenv or some other method you : might think of. : Since you cannot prepare a database statement the possibilities have to : be hardcoded. ^^^^^^^^^^^ We have been using let p_database = arg_val(1) database p_database for a long while. Neil - @storm@aztec.co.za < ANOTHER ESSEX LAD > -- Neil - @storm@aztec.co.za < ANOTHER ESSEX LAD >