Re: The SQL-statementes behind dbaccess

From: Jan Nilsson <jan@proitkarlstad.se> > >I am about to write an application that does what dbaccess does. >Why ? We can't let the users have the right to use the prompt in our >system due to security issus. >So I will have to write an NewEra application that does what dbaccess >do. >Anyone out there that knows what the SQL behind the sceens look like ? >It would save me hours of work and thought, an URL or a mail or a >respons here ? Yeah, I can save you some time, in two ways. I seem to remember an environment variable that you could set so that a shell escape ran something other than a shell. I don't remember the name, sadly. The other way would be to suggest that you write the application in something other than NewEra. :-) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

> Yeah, I can save you some time, in two ways. I seem to remember an > environment variable that you could set so that a shell escape ran something > other than a shell. I don't remember the name, sadly. What about resetting DBEDIT from 'vi' to another editor which doesn't have the possibility to gain shell access ? Bye, Chris