Re: 4gl RUN statement

Randy Sylvester <rcs@pc_randys.triad.com> wrote: :On page 3-264 of the 4gl Reference, Volume I, Version 6.0 :it states inregards to the RUN statement, "You can even run :a second 4gl application as a secondary process, provided that :only one of the 4gl applications accesses a database." Isn't this a documentation bug? Isn't run supposed to execute a program so it becomes a completely separate program that can do anything it want completely independent of the program with the run statement? If this isn't the case you can at least call a small C-function that execute your 4GL program in this way. See the archives at www.iiug.org for an excample of such a program. :I am working in an environment where several applications that :access a database are using the RUN statement to execute another :4gl that accesses a database and it appears to work (there is no :CLOSE DATABASE statement). I called tech support to elaborate on :why this should not be done and there response was "unpredictable :results may occur". :I am concerned that, even though it appears to work, we may :be doing something that might be degrading the overall performance :of the engine. Does anyone have any insights on this situation??? 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