Informix 4GL Debugger and Command Line Parameters
Kire Prostizenovski could not pass command-line parameters to an Informix 4GL program under fgldb, though fglgo accepted them. Mehdi Afshar suggested the QueriX 4GL compilers. Steven L Cooper offered a workaround using a command file (fgldb -f idb.4db program.4gi). Jonathan Leffler explained that parameters belong on the debugger's RUN command, as in other Unix debuggers.
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Hi, I have a problem de-bugging a 4GL program which requires command line parameters. The debugger (fgldb) doesn't seem to like these command line parameters. For example fglgo <progname> <parameter1> <parameter2> works OK but; fgldb <progname> <parameter1> <parameter2> doesn't work 8^( Thanks, Kire
Hi; QueriX 4GL Compilers provide full Source Level Debugging facilities, allowing you to step trough the 4GL lines, and intermediate C code, and many other facilities, depending on what would be your favorite debugger on your machine (dbx, gdb ... etc.) For more information please go to http://www.querix.com/ Kire Prostizenovski wrote: > Hi, > > I have a problem de-bugging a 4GL program which requires command line > parameters. The debugger (fgldb) doesn't seem to like these command line > parameters. > > For example > fglgo <progname> <parameter1> <parameter2> works OK > but; > fgldb <progname> <parameter1> <parameter2> doesn't work 8^( > > Thanks, > > Kire
Kire Prostizenovski wrote in message ... >Hi, >I have a problem de-bugging a 4GL program which requires command line >parameters. The debugger (fgldb) doesn't seem to like these command line >parameters. > >For example > fglgo <progname> <parameter1> <parameter2> works OK >but; > fgldb <progname> <parameter1> <parameter2> doesn't work 8^( True, but here is the way "around" the problem... Create a file named idb.4db in the current directory Here is the script I use... echo "alias c = co" >idb.4db echo "b main" >>idb.4db if [ ! -z "$1" ] then echo "b $1" >>idb.4db fi echo "run -d testdb" >>idb.4db fgldb Steve > >Thanks, > >Kire
OOPS, forgot the command line option... ------->>>>> fgldb -f idb.4db program.4gi Steve >True, but here is the way "around" the problem... >Create a file named idb.4db in the current directory > >Here is the script I use... >echo "alias c = co" >idb.4db >echo "b main" >>idb.4db >if [ ! -z "$1" ] >then > echo "b $1" >>idb.4db >fi >echo "run -d testdb" >>idb.4db >fgldb -f idb.4db > >Steve > >> >>Thanks, >> >>Kire > > >
Mehdi Afshar wrote: > QueriX 4GL Compilers provide full Source Level Debugging [...] > > Kire Prostizenovski wrote: > > I have a problem de-bugging a 4GL program which requires command > > line parameters. The debugger (fgldb) doesn't seem to like these > > command line parameters. > > > > For example > > fglgo <progname> <parameter1> <parameter2> works OK > > but; > > fgldb <progname> <parameter1> <parameter2> doesn't work 8^( Because it is not supposed to work. If you want to supply parameters to the program, you specify them in the RUN command inside the debugger, not on the command line. RUN <parameter1> <parameter2> This is consistent with most of Unix debuggers -- adb, sdb, gdb, dbx, etc. (No, the last one is an abbreviation of etcetera :-). -- Jonathan Leffler (jleffler@informix.com, jleffler@earthlink.net) Guardian of DBD::Informix v0.62 -- see http://www.perl.com/CPAN #include <disclaimer.h>