Re: Arcane bits (was Re: piping scripts into isql revisited)

Path: emory!wupost!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!anasaz!qip!briand From: briand@anasaz (Brian Douglass) Newsgroups: comp.databases.informix Keywords: FAQ features arcane Message-ID: <1992Jan19.031000.4982@anasaz> Date: 19 Jan 92 03:10:00 GMT References: <1992Jan14.201257.14449@cpqhou.uucp> <1992Jan15.201722.10567@anasaz> <1992Jan16.120825.24238@cis.ohio-state.edu> Organization: Anasazi, Inc. Phoenix, Az In article <1992Jan16.120825.24238@cis.ohio-state.edu> ackley@banana.cis.ohio-state.edu (john james ackley) writes: >In article <1992Jan15.201722.10567@anasaz> briand@anasaz (Brian Douglass) writes: >>In article <1992Jan14.201257.14449@cpqhou.uucp> thomasr@cpqhou.UUCP (Thomas Rush) writes: >> >>Or, >> isql - - >>! >> > database whatever; >> > select * from foo;>> >! >> >>And it runs. The ! gets set as the end of extended input character. > >Watch out! It may have run, but you have a new file named "!". >You want "<<" for the here-document operator. Ooops! Sorry about that, hit the wrong key. Bad finger! Bad! >Also, someone suggested a faq of little known/undocumented features: >good idea! So who wants to volunteer? Someone at Informix Documentation maybe? >Regards, >John Ackley <ackley@cis.ohio-state.edu> // Disclaimers Anonymous > -- Brian Douglass briand%anasaz.UUCP@asuvax.eas.asu.edu 602-870-3330 X657