Re: CONSTRUCT re-write

Path: emory!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wupost!uunet!trac2000!das13!dave From: dave@das13.snide.com (Dave Snyder) Newsgroups: comp.databases.informix Keywords: CONSTRUCT Message-ID: <1530@das13.snide.com> Date: 2 Nov 91 21:58:50 GMT References: <1991Oct24.231034.2589@actrix.gen.nz> <1991Oct31.093759.5650@ibmpcug.co.uk> Organization: Snide Inc. - Folcroft, PA In article <1991Oct31.093759.5650@ibmpcug.co.uk>, tab@ibmpcug.co.uk (Andrew Beattie) writes: > Has anyone re-written CONSTRUCT as an INFORMIX 4gl function? > Yes, not me though. > I want to be able to do things in the middle of the user entering > the QBE info. (such as ON KEY, or "If he is looking for a value > like `this', call `that' function and plug in the value it returns") > and I can't do anything, 'cos > CONSTRUCT is just one single command, with no way in. > Informix 4GL Version 4.10 provides the functionality you need, I'm told it will be available the end of this year. > PPS: Yes, I do know how to have a C function call a 4GL function, > but it doesn't work in RDS. (everyone else knows this, don't they?) > Wrong! You can call custom 'C' functions while using RDS. As a matter of fact, the code generated by "db4glgen" calls mucho 'C' functions and is compatible with both compile-4gl and rapid-4gl. DAS -- David A. Snyder @ Snide Inc. - Folcroft, PA Current Release is db4glgen-3.0 UUCP: ..!uunet!das13!dave INTERNET: dave@das13.snide.com -- David A. Snyder @ Snide Inc. - Folcroft, PA Current Release is db4glgen-3.0 UUCP: ..!uunet!das13!dave INTERNET: dave@das13.snide.com