Re: unload in esql

In <1993Jul22.113510.2636@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com> ramesh@miel_013.miel.mot.com (Ramesh Pathak) writes: > I am using Informix v. 4.0 and the esql features. > I have a database which has about 20 odd tables in it. > I wanted to have a script which would load/unload to any > (from) table of this database, so thought of writing an esql/c > program. > ( beacuase I could locate only dbload utility but no counterpart > utility to dump contents of a particular table to an ascii file. > Though dbexport exists, but i can't use it dump contents of > a specific table) > The problem is, the unload/load sql commands available with the > isql are not available with esql/c. > So, is there any utility which I am missing? Or any suggestion/ > comment on achieving this will be highly appreciated. Not an answer, just a suggestion. There is a program in the demo directory called unload.ec. It has limited support for data types, but it's a start. -- -----------------------+--------------------------------------------------- Charles "Chip" Yamasaki| The opinions expressed here are my own and are not chip@osh1.OSHA.GOV | supported or even generally accepted by OSHA. :-) -----------------------+---------------------------------------------------