Re: Batch Processing

Posted in 1996

Mik Hobbs — Tue, 3 Dec 1996 18:17:37 +0000 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Anyone trying to do batch updates in anything other than ESQL/C is going to give themselves a headache !! C is ideal for reading flat files and combined with the power of embedded SQL, there really is no substitute. Mike. In article <580n7c$tcj@nntp.idgonline.no>, Nils Myklebust <Nils.Myklebust@idg.no> writes >david@temss2.main.temple.edu (David Tucker) wrote: > >:How do you update random rows within a table using data located with >:an external flat file? > >We use some of the file io rutines available in the software >repository at http://www.iiug.org to read the files in 4GL and do the >updates. > > >Nils.Myklebust@idg.no >NM Data AS, P.O.Box 9090 Gronland, N-0133 Oslo, Norway >My opinions are those of my company >The Informix FAQ is at http://www.iiug.org > -- Mik Hobbs