Re: Changing value of a Informix variable

Please post your results. I did not have any success with that approach. Specifically, I was doing a series of unloads from 4GL and needed to dynamically change the DBDATE. I ended up calling a subsequent program via a shell script which set the DBDATE accordingly (very ugly and slooooowwwww!). -jeff frabutt (jfrabutt@pts.mot.com) In article <4oh6qb$i4i@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, phr@dumbo.fmsc.com.au ("phr (Peter Harris)") writes: Berton, Try writing a c function that calls putenv("DBDATE=whatever") and then link that into you 4gl. Bear in mind though that when you run this program the new DBDATE will not be available to the calling shell. All the best, Pete Harris ---------- From: Berton Sierens Sent: Wednesday, 29 May 1996 13:29 To: informix-list@rmy.emory.edu Subject: Changing value of a Informix variable How do you change the value of let4s say DBDATE from within a 4GL?