Re: getting login name in 4GL

In article <3190EFDC.271E@segel.com>, mikey@segel.com says... > >Tim Schaefer wrote: >> >> montgomery f. tidwell wrote: >> > >> > Howdy, >> > >> > does anyone know how i can get the login name of a User >> > from within a 4GL program? >> > >> > TIA >> > -- >> > There are three kinds of people in the World. Those who >> > can count, and those who can't. >> > >> Here's two solutions for you: >> >> Create a C function: >> >[Code Deleted ....] >> >> I just tested this with the c4gl and not RDS so it should work, but your UNIX >> may vary...It may not fool rlogin, using the current rlogin id instead of >> the original user id. >> >> :-) >> >> -- >> >That was only one solution. Why not just get the shell environment >variable? >($LOGNAME) or ($USER). I believe that Informix has a getenv function. >No muss no fuss..... ;-) > >Or am I missing something? > >-Mikey What about, select user from systables where tabname matches "systables"