Re: Doing a "construct" in SQL rather than 4GL

Dan Michaelis <dan.michaelis@dedewallace.com> wrote: > > :Folks, > : > :I know this is going to sound stupid, but I've heard that Oracle allows > :a similar function to a construct statment in their SPL query language. > :I was wondering if there is a similar function in the ISQL language. > : > :I doubt it; that's kinda what 4GL is meant for, but I thought I'd ask. Nils Myklebust, responding to Dan Michaelis, wrote: > The 4GL construct statement is only meaningfull when there is a forms > based user interface. It's therefor meaningless in any language that > doesn't have this. > > When you talk about ISQL it does have perform screens where the query > option is essentially the same as 4GL construct. I might point out that ViewPoint provides the best features of ISQL and 4GL: The user enters query-by-example data and the form-programmer modifies the query with where clauses customized to the intent of the application. All without coding a CONSTRUCT statement -- -- Jake (In pursuit of undomesticated aquatic avians) +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Impeccable Logic: A thought process which successfully | | resists chicken bites | +-----------------------------------------------------------+