Re: Passing Information from 4ge's?

In article <3ku3or$r2n@dale.goodeal.msk.su>, Vadim J. Nikitin <nvj@goodeal.msk.su> wrote: > > 4ge, used as a function, may return its results into standard >output, like other UNIX processes (if it's not interactive), or into >text file that must be read by calling program. But to make such a >reading possible for 4gl programs You must extend your fglgo with >special functions. > Well, the easy way to do it is to have program1 write out a file in "unload format", i.e. the format that can be read using the "load" command. So if program1 wants to tell its parent program: ``I succeeded doing stage 1, but stages 2 and 3 both failed. The total number of records processed was 2049'' Then it might write out the following 4-line file: 1|Y| 2|N| 3|N| n|2049| Then the parent program can go: create temp table feedback ( a char(1), b char(20) ) with no log ; load from <4-line file> insert into feedback ; This is just the lazy way to have a 4GL program read a file: make sure its an unload file, and load it. Paul