4gl RUN statement

Posted in 1996

Randy Sylvester — Wed, 13 Nov 1996 00:00:50 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

On page 3-264 of the 4gl Reference, Volume I, Version 6.0 it states inregards to the RUN statement, "You can even run a second 4gl application as a secondary process, provided that only one of the 4gl applications accesses a database." I am working in an environment where several applications that access a database are using the RUN statement to execute another 4gl that accesses a database and it appears to work (there is no CLOSE DATABASE statement). I called tech support to elaborate on why this should not be done and there response was "unpredictable results may occur". I am concerned that, even though it appears to work, we may be doing something that might be degrading the overall performance of the engine. Does anyone have any insights on this situation??? Randy Sylvester Triad Systems rcs@triad.com