Re: Database Exists?

Posted in 1994

Joe Lumbley — Fri, 20 May 1994 16:02:34 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Jonathan Leffler (johnl@informix.com) wrote: : >From: mltsa!jgill@mlgtw.att.com : >Date: Mon, 16 May 94 10:11:06 BST : >Subject: <No Subject Supplied> : >X-Informix-List-Id: <list.3957> : > : >is there a way of knowing whether or not a database exists? You could also use the dbnames.ec ESQL/C program from the comp.database. informix archives at mathcs.emory.edu. (anonymous ftp to pub/informix and start looking around) This program gives you a list of database names from a command line prompt. Useful for use in shell scripts. -- =========================================================================== jlumbley@netcom.com (Joe Lumbley) BancTec Service Corportation 214-450-9894 Dallas, Texas Watch for my _INFORMIX DBA SURVIVAL GUIDE_ in Fall '94 from Prentice Hall! ===========================================================================