Re: Query By Example in 4GL

Quoting Bob Kane... } } Andy Watson asks: } > } >When one uses the CONSTRUCT command in 4GL it blanks the listed screen } >fields before allowing user input. Does anyone know of a means of } >avoiding this, or alternative ways of achieving the functionality below. } } You can of course upgrade to 4.1, but not all of us have nice budgets lying } around. The work-around that we use in 4.0 and earlier versions is to use } an INPUT statement instead of CONSTRUCT. } Be careful of using INPUT instead of CONSTRUCT. Although you can create your own WHERE clause based upon the user's input, the user won't be able to specify ranges (ie. ":") or use "<" or use ">" or other things that escape me right now. DAS -- David Snyder @ Snide Computer Services - Folcroft, PA Current Release is db4glgen-3.7 UUCP: ..!uunet!das13!dave INTERNET: dave.snyder@snide.com