Re: �Q� create database in shell script

In article <dberg.789000530@cheetah> dberg@informix.com (David I. Berg) writes: >greg@orgchem.weizmann.ac.il (Gregory Karpinsky) writes: > >>Hi, >>I'm using Informix On-Line 5.01 as a database server. The only thing >>I use Informix directly is: run SQL in dbaccess "create database XXX >>with log ansi". All the rest is done through the client program. >>Is there a way to do this in a shell script, w/o dbaccess? > >You could, of course, use ESQL or 4GL, but why not a script which: > > echo "create database $1 with log ansi" | dbaccess - - Or dbaccess - <<! create database $1 with log ansi; ! This is also very useful if you have more than one statement to execute. June ---- June Tong Informix Software ---- ---- junet@informix.com On-Site Regency Support at SAP ---- ---- Informix: (415)926-6140 SAP: (415)286-6808 ----