Re: SQL Ace Report Writer.

In article <9399@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> maint72@saad-emh1.ARMY.MIL (Michael Gordon) writes: >>>THE PROGRAM KEY WORD DOSE NOT WORK AT ALL, NOT IN ANY CONFIGURATION I CAN >>>COME UP WITH. >>(Me:) >>I've *never* heard of a PROGRAM keyword. I just re-checked the doc (2.10.06) >>and it says that "filename" or PRINTER are the only options. Is this Informix >>documentation that you are looking at, or some third-party doc? >>-- >>Alan Denney aland@informix.com > >Alan, > >This PROGRAM key word is directly out of the Informix SQL v. >2.10.06 for MS-DOS, page 5-29. To quote the line beneth the >heading "PRINTER"; 'program is the name of a system >command'. > >Dose this not read as if 'program' means a DOS System Command? Oh, I get it. If you look carefully, you'll see that <program> is not listed in the Syntax or Notes sections. It's only under the Explanation section. It's a remnant from an early draft version of the manual (which starts from the UNIX version, which *does* support "PIPE <program>". It's a typo; cross it out. >If "PRINTER" will sent the report output to the system >printer, why won't other system commands work as well? The DOS version does direct writes to PRN: if TO PRINTER is specified; there's no program interface. >I really don't expect a lot of positive answers from this >message, because I know MS-DOS dose not work like Unix. But, >thanks for trying. > Michael S. Gordon > Foreman, Gyroscope Section > Avionics Division > No problem. -- Alan Denney aland@informix.com {pyramid|uunet}!infmx!aland "Platforms are built only for conventions to sit on, and fall into decay as of course when conventions adjourn." - Woodrow Wilson