Re: dbaccess: the only SQL option?!

Al Wang wrote: > > Hi, > > I've just recently begun to play around with Informix Universal > Server, and while I am very impressed with the technology under the > hood, I'm kind of dismayed by the interface, in terms of database > creation: is the only way to enter SQL statements through dbaccess's > menu system? This seems horribly inefficient. Is there no sort of > command-line SQL parser like for Oracle? Are there no online help > features? Can the SQL error messages be any less helpful? > > I'm probably just missing the boat entirely on how to do this stuff > effectively, so I'd appreciate it if someone could set me straight. > > Thanks, > Al you can use: dbaccess <database> - which gives you a command line. But I agree it is still horrible.