Re: db4glgen 2.2 problems

Path: emory!samsung!uunet!trac2000!das From: das@trac2000.ueci.com (David Snyder) Newsgroups: comp.databases.informix Message-ID: <1075@trac2000.ueci.com> Date: 3 Oct 91 11:44:34 GMT References: <1991Sep30.204637.14470@investor.pgh.pa.us-> Organization: UE&C - Catalytic in Philadelphia, PA In article <1991Sep30.204637.14470@investor.pgh.pa.us->, rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us (Bob Peirce #305) writes: -> I picked up db4glgen 2.1 from the recent posting and patched it to 2.2 -> with the recent patch. Since there was no man page I tried to glean -> what I could from the README file. I attempted a simple test run with -> -> db4glgen -d addresses -t list test -> A man page... to be totally honest, I never even considered a man page. Looks like thats the next thing to work on :-) Anyway, the above syntax is correct. -> The output files, except for fgiuser.c, were produced with no error -> messages. I next tried to make the output files. -> "fgiusr.c" is only produced if $INFORMIXDIR/bin/fglpc exists. In other words you Rapid Development to get an "fgiusr.c". -> In attempting to run db4glgen 2.2, the first problem encountered is that -> make does not like the following construction in the first few lines of -> c4gl. It chokes on the "'", producing -> -> Unmatched '. -> *** Error code 1 -> -> -> : ' -> : ********************************************************************** -> : -> : Copyright (C) 1984-1985 Relational Database Systems, Inc. -> : -> : Informix-SQL -- Relational Database Management System -> : -> : Title: 4gl -> : Sccsid: @(#)c4gl 4.7 2/25/87 16:47:41 -> : Description: -> : -> : c4gl - call fglc for each .4gl file -> : -> : ********************************************************************** -> : ' -> -> Changing the ":"s to "#"s produces a variable syntax message in make. -> Commenting out the first and last line causes problems with the (C) or, -> perhaps the (#). At least the error message relates to a () problem. -> Hmmm... it sounds like a problem with make on your platform (or are you using "csh"). I believe make is part of the Development Set on some systems and part of the Base Operating System on others. Also, c4gl comes with Informix-4GL, so maybe they know about the problem (maybe not :-) -> Running c4gl from the command line works, but the compiler indicates -> lines in test.ec are not reached around lines 700-900, depending on the -> table being compiled. However, the compilation runs to completion. -> That's very possible depending on what type of C code c4gl creates. -> While db4glgen produced a usr_funcs.c file and I left LT_FOUR_ONE -> defined because I run 1.10, there was no fgiuser.c file produced. -> This may be correct. I don't know, since there does not seem to be any -> man page beyond the README file. -> Leaving LT_FOUR_ONE defined is correct. I promise, I'll create a man page! -> After compiling the .o files I tried to compile the .4ge file by calling -> c4gl from the command line. This resulted in the message that symbols -> _efbigwin, eflastkey and _hlpkey, all in usr_funcs.o, were undefined. -> A check of the makefile did not indicate any missing libraries to be -> included so I have no idea what is happening here! -> Sounds like your running a pre ".03" release. -> I touched an empty test.4ge file to see if I could push make any -> further. I got this: -> -> form4gl -s test.per -> # -> The form "test.per.per" can not be opened. This is probably because -> it does not exist, or the user does not have read permission. -> See error number -2041. -> *** Error code 1 -> -> Stop. -> You are definitly running a pre ".03" release. -> When all is said and done, it appears db4glgen is designed to produce -> something not too different from a default perform table. Without a man -> page it is difficult to tell. Maybe it does much more. Unfortunately, -> it does not seem to do much of anything on my versions of the software: -> -> RELEASE Description -> ------- ----------- -> -> 1.10.00aS0 INFORMIX 4GL -> 2.10.00aS0 INFORMIX ESQL/C -> 2.10.00aS0 INFORMIX SQL -> A HA! See, I told you that you were running a pre ".03" release. The reason for the jump from db4glgen-1.6 to db4glgen-2.1 was an upgrade of Informix on my machine. I'll send you a copy of db4glgen-1.6, this will work with your version of Informix with NO problems (namely cause it was developed with that ver.) Keep in mind, all the new features in 2.2 will not be available to you :-( -> Can anybody running these releases offer any guidance? You may want to consider upgrading your version of Informix software. DAS -- David A. Snyder @ UE&C - Catalytic in Philadelphia, PA UUCP: ..!uunet!trac2000!das INTERNET: das@trac2000.ueci.com