DATABASE statement catch-22 SUMMARY

In article 15486@fripp.ri.cadre.com, jh@cadre.com (Joe Hartley) writes: >I think I'm screwed on this, but I figured I'd check... It turns out I'm all set. >I have a new requirement for this program that requires that this program be >useable under any of our databases, fubar_1 through fubar_5, all of which >have the same schema. > >Is there a way I can do this that I'm missing? I can't call ARG_VAL() before >this, so I can't pass the database name as a command line argument. Turns out I'm dead wrong about this. What I need to do is set the code up like this example and pass the database name as a command line arguement: DATABASE fubar1 DEFINE om30cus LIKE omlic.om30cus . . MAIN DEFINE dbname char(20) DATABASE dbname . . END MAIN I could have sworn I tried this approach unsuccessfully, but obviously I mucked it up somehow. This works fine. Thanks to Paul Pryor, Dave Snyder, Lester Knutsen, Kevin Whitaker, Greg King, and may@alert for the tips. --- =============================================================================== Joe Hartley | jh@cadre.com - Whenever you find that you are on the Cadre Technologies | side of the majority, it is time to reform. - M. Twain 222 Richmond St. | -------------------------------------------------------- Providence, RI 02903 | Overman 1st Class - the Kilgore Trout Memorial Clench (401) 351-5950 x266 | of the Church of the SubGenius ===============================================================================