INPUT ARRAY delete

Posted in 1991

Walt Hultgren {rmy} — Tue, 15 Oct 91 08:16:14 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Path: emory!ogicse!ucsd!qualcom.qualcomm.com!bigbird.qualcomm.com!g_arne From: g_arne@bigbird.qualcomm.com (Arne Mortensen...guest) Newsgroups: comp.databases.informix Keywords: INPUT ARRAY, delete Message-ID: <1991Oct15.063248.27613@qualcomm.com> Date: 15 Oct 91 06:32:48 GMT Sender: news@qualcomm.com Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA Posted: Mon Oct 14 23:32:48 1991 Originator: g_arne@bigbird.qualcomm.com Nntp-Posting-Host: bigbird.qualcomm.com I often use INPUT ARRAY WITHOUT DEFAULTS and I typically end up doing some kludgy thing to allow the user to bail out of a DELETE. For example, if the user pressed DELETE on a row, I ask the user to confirm the action and if the action is not confirmed, I EXIT INPUT and re-issue the INPUT ARRAY (now updated up to the last user action). It would seem that Informix should have the capability to allow the program to abort the DELETE without forcing an abortion of the entire INPUT ARRAY. Similarly, there are times that I want to restrict the user from performing an INSERT. I would appreciate any comments or suggestions.