Re: cursor name mangling

On Mon, 10 Nov 1997, David Williams wrote: } >Note that the cursor_name() function is present in the 4.1x } >compiler and runtime, but it does nothing -- this allows the same } >source code to be used with either 4.1x or 6.0x I4GL. } } In the 6.x family, the cursor_name() function ONLY EXISTS IN 6.01 } and above. Yes, I have a customer on 6.00.UE4 - no cursor_name() } function. Of course I develop under 6.02.UC1 so a quick check of } the customers release notes and a hasty rewrite was called for! Absolutely correct; 4.13/6.01 has CURSOR_NAME(). Version 6.00 has cursor name mangling but not CURSOR_NAME() function; version 4.12 doesn't have CURSOR_NAME() either, though it isn't hard to write a dummy version: -- Dummy CURSOR_NAME function usable with I4GL 4.12 and earlier! FUNCTION cursor_name(s CHAR(18) RETURN s END FUNCTION Sorry for the memory lapse. } [We cannot upgrade the customer as they run another Informix } application which uses the Informix which WE provided] } ^^^ I'm not sure I understand the dilemma... } Grrrrrr! } } >> Thanks for listening. If you think it's worth posting this to } >> the rest of comp.databases.informix I will. } > } >Yes, it's probably worth posting it, as amended. Also notify David } >Williams who has just taken over the FAQ... } } Yep, I'm on it! } } PS I'm Reeealy close to releasing a new version - I just finished } merging new ideas into the FAQ ~ 2am last night! I haven't tried } viewing it yet but I'm still moving forward on the new version... Good luck. In a mild fit of insanity, I once contemplated taking over the FAQ, but I'm very glad that someone else has done so instead. All else apart, I think it needs a someone who isn't an Informix employee doing it to ensure that it isn't seen as biassed. Yours, Jonathan Leffler (johnl@informix.com) #include <witticism.h>