DBEDIT

The DBEDIT environment variable specifies the text editor to use with SQL statements and command files in DB–Access. If DBEDIT is set, the specified text editor is invoked automatically. If DBEDIT is not set, you are prompted to specify a text editor as the default for the rest of the session.

>>-setenv--DBEDIT--editor--------------------------------------><
 

editor

is the name of the text editor you want to use.

For most UNIX systems, the default text editor is vi. If you use another text editor, be sure that it creates flat ASCII files. Some word processors in document mode introduce printer control characters that can interfere with the operation of your IBM Informix product.

To specify the EMACS text editor, set DBEDIT with the following command:

setenv DBEDIT emacs