Re: Set an environment variable from within a 4GL program?

jparker@hpbs3645.boi.hp.com (Jack Parker) wrote: >The thing to keep in mind is, of course, that is if you change the environment >variable with something like: > LET cmd_strng = "export DBPATH=//server" > RUN cmd_strng >It will work just great, the child process will now know that >DBPATH="//server". But... the child process has now terminated. Thats why you need some C code, to reset and export the variable for the "current" informix process. Trying to do it with an Informix "run" command will NOT work, for exactly the reason given above by Jack. >Hey! My display didn't explode, what gives? Hmmm... it should have >>>imploded<<<, not exploded... Of course if you are using a TEK 4014, you may notice an actual _improvement_ in your display quality as a result. ;) ------- If you cut here, your display may implode ----------- ______________ /\\ ___________\\ This writer's statements are definitive. \\ \\ \\________ / Recent findings in physics have proven the \\ \\ \\ / / / universe to be inherently random. If this \\ \\ \\ / / / writer's statements conflict with reality, \\ \\ \\/ / / this may well be due to the inherently \\ \\/ / / random nature of reality itself, rather James \\ / / than any error on the part of the author. Fischer\\/_/ jfischer@inmind.com