Re: 4GL Input Array Questions

Posted in 1998

Ph. Chantry — Fri, 13 Nov 1998 09:02:46 +0100 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

>> Tony Marasco wrote: >> > A colleague and I were discussing if it is possible to >> > programmatically go to specific rows while in an INPUT ARRAY >> > statement. We could not find anything in the books and >> > he has taken several Informix classes with no mention of this. >> > NEXT FIELD works fine for columns, but the current row only. >> > >> > Can this be done in 4GL? >> >> Yes, but it is painful enough that I'd never do it. >> We do not use INPUT ARRAY, only statements like INPUT input_array[xx].* FROM screen_record[yy].* in this way, you manage yourself the row of the data array (xx variable) and the row of the screen array (yy variable). Philippe