Using command_line argument

Posted in 1998

jjdai@hotmail.com — Wed, 11 Mar 1998 20:22:19 -0600 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Hi, I want to write a script (HP-UX), there is a sql statment to query data base , How can i trans the command line argument to sql statement? Example: tst.sh : export DBDATE=dmy4/ dbaccess dbname <<EOF select * from tbname where buy_date=$1 EOF run status : $> tst.sh "3/11/1998" result : no rows found $> tst.sh '3/11/1998' result : no rows found but it does not fit the actural. why??? -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- http://www.dejanews.com/ Now offering spam-free web-based newsreading