Re: [2] using variables to index into substrings

Here's the "SQL" to register it: create function prandom ()returns integer external name "$INFORMIXDIR/extend/cfn/cfn.bld(prandom)" language c; From: "Andrew McPherson" <amcphers@dcc.govt.nz> > >All, >I would *really* like to use variables to index substring arguments, but >the >Infomix 9 manual blithely states that only constants are allowed to be used >to index substrings. Duh! > >e.g. something like: > ....... > DEFINE in_index INTEGER; > DEFINE out_index INTEGER; > DEFINE in_str CHAR(60); > DEFINE out_str CHAR(4); > ....... > LET out_str[1] = in_str[1]; --should work > > LET out_str[out_index] = in_str[in_index]; --not allowed > ....... > >Has anyone written DataBlade wrappers to the std C library for string >handling routines like substr? > >many thanks, >Andrew. > > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com