Re: passing database through ARG_VAL?

Start your 4gl app with DATABASE <tempdatabase> ... ... LET db_name = arg_val(1) DATABASE db_name Obviously, when the 4GL compiles, it must have all the necessary tables within the tempdatabase so that it won't produce any errors. Once the program has compiled, you can execure it passing it the relevant database name. As long as its in the DBPATH ( for SE ) then this should work okay. We have used the same thing using ODS 7.2x compiling against one database and running it against another - it works fine !!! Sean Daniel Farr wrote in message <74ka5k$769$1@news.xmission.com>... > >I'm brand new to i4gl and the newsgroup. > >I work in a data-conversion shop and the utilities I am trying to build >with i4gl need to have the DATABASE variable passed to them through ARG_VAL. > (i.e., there are many databases to choose from, and input was in a previous >shell script). > >So far, I have had very limited success. >First, I tried setting DATABASE to 'sysmaster' and changing the variable >after i4gl initialization steps. > >Does anyone have insight or suggestions as far as how to do this? (remember, >I'm new to this...) > >Thanks a million. >Dan Farr, >dfarr@goldwp.golden.csc.com > >