Re: New engines lack character based tools
What about:
> dbaccess [database] [query.sql]
Doesn't require a window.
On Fri, 21 Feb 1997 08:39:17 GMT, Nils.Myklebust@idg.no (Nils
Myklebust) wrote:
>Can everybody conserned please scream at Informix.
>They are begining to remove character based tools from their database
>offerings to replace them with MS Windows based GUI tools.
Being a recent convert to Informix I was stunned to find that there is
_NO_ command line SQL tool! All that is available is in dbaccess
through some stupid menu driven interface! ACK! Both Oracle and
Ingres (the dbs I have used for years) have a purely command driven
interface which I find incredably usefull for diagnosing nasty
database integrity problems. This is very annoying as the results of
a previous query are always trashed every time I run a subsequent one
and it refuses to understand even the simplest window size changes. I
_like_ being able to make my x-window take the entire screen and see n
rows in columnar format spreading _across_ the screen! If the lines
wrap, I just re-issue the query with fewer fields or n times with few
enough to fit, my choice if I don't want a wrap.
Sorry, end of bitch.
Anyway, I am now writing a tool for this, if anyone likes I will post
the source to the group or on my web page when I am done.
-john