Re: Executing Operating System commands from stored proc

Wicksey You can use the SYSTEM command from Informix-4GL. By Informix-SE do you mean dbaccess? Then AFAIK, the answer is no. However you can run a shell script and run operating system commands in the same script as the SQL, like so: dbaccess <your_db_name> <your_script.sql> where your_script.sql looks like: select * from systables where tabid = 1; -- for example!date -- also for example HTH Sujit Wicksey <Wicksey@hotmail.com> on 04/28/99 08:41:27 AM Please respond to Wicksey <Wicksey@hotmail.com> To: informix-list@iiug.org cc: (bcc: Sujit Pal) Subject: Executing Operating System commands from stored proc Hi Everyone, Firstly I wonder if people will tell me if I'm in the wrong ng, as the past 2 posts I've made have been ignored. Just in case, I'm trying once more..... Can you use the SYSTEM command in Informix-SE, as I keep getting a syntax errror.... *ANY* advice would be gratefully appreciated. Thanks in advance (and hope) Wicksey