RE: Database Store - 4gl

Posted in 2000

Martin, Wayne E. — Mon, 30 Oct 2000 12:38:07 -0500 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

No, you can just have a default database with a schema, then have a routine to accept a name from the user and do a : close database database "name" to execute the code against a different database. Wayne E. Martin Informix Database Administrator Kmart Corp. -----Original Message----- From: Kate_Tomchik@HomeDepot.com [mailto:Kate_Tomchik@HomeDepot.com] Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 10:08 AM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Database Store - 4gl We are in the process of upgrading from version 5.10 to 7.30. Is there a way in 7.3x to avoid hard coding the database name in the 4gl code? We'd like to compile against differently named databases without constantly changing the code. k