Pesky informational messages in dbaccess

Hi Family, I must be missing something. I would like to incorporate some SQL commands into a shell script. So in my shell script, I have a sequence of code like: dbaccess mydatabase - | grep-cmd <<%% select blah blah... ... (more blah) %% This works, basically. However.... All I want to see the the seelcted data. I do NOT want the column headings; hence, the grep command in the above example(adequate for simple purposes). I do NOT want the messages like "42 rows selected" and "database selected", which go to stderr. Easy solution which looks like it works: dbaccess mydatabase - 2>/dev/null | grep-cmd <<%% This sends all error messges down the oubliette and produces the data I want to see. Unfortunately, if an error occurs, I won't see it either. What I *really* need is an option to dbaccess that gives me the bloody data, tells me about any errors but omits the pesky informational messages I mentioned that I don't want to see. Any ideas? Besides writing an ESQL/C program to peice together the SQL at run time and using dynamic SQL from the SQL descriptor to display the info I need. Thanks. -- -- Jake (In pursuit of undomesticated aquatic avians) +----------------------------------------------------------+ |Aside from that, how did you enjoy the play, Mrs. Linclon?| +----------------------------------------------------------+