Re: Data type problem

Jonathan Leffler wrote: > > >From: "Kemlo" <abm62@dial.pipex.com> > >Date: 26 Aug 1997 21:10:33 GMT > >X-Informix-List-Id: <news.42144> > > > <SNIP> > > >I understand that there is a utility called "unload" which will > export the > >database in ASCII . My 4GL RDS package does not have this. Does > anyone > >know where I could get this utility. > > There's nothing called 'unload' as a program. There is an UNLOAD > statement > which can be embedded in an I4GL program: > > UNLOAD TO "tablename.unl" SELECT * FROM TableName> > Repeat ad nauseam for each table in the database. If you still have > the AIX > system, you can use this to do the unloading. Given that you're > working with > a 1.1 I4GL, you probably do not have dbexport available, which does > this job > automatically. I don't think 4GL 1.10/2.10 HAD an UNLOAD command either. This could be a problem also. Cheers, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ |Mark D. Stock - Informix SA http://www.informix.com |//////// /| |mailto:mdstock@informix.com FAQ http://www.iiug.org |///// / //| | +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | Tel: +27 11 807 0313 |If it's slow, the users complain. |/// / ////| | Fax: +27 11 807 2594 |If it's fast, the users keep quiet.|// / /////| |Cell: +27 83 250 2325 |Therefore, "No news: travels fast"!|/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+