scotto@crash.cts.com (Scott O'Connell) (11/30/89)
I have a need to read in prepared text files with Informix 4GL. The
application is to prepare a document with Word Perfect and save it
in ASCII format. Here's an example of what I need to do:
Have a saved WP document with keywords in the document. Have Informix
open the file and read each line into text_line (ARRAY[67] OF CHAR(85))
until the end of file is reached.
Here's what I was thinking, knowing what I know of the Informix functions
in C (read: not much):
CALL read_in_file(<filename>) RETURNING text_line[1], text_line[2], ...,
..., text_line[67]
Then, I could parse each text_line for keywords in 4GL. It would be
even better if I could do something like:
CALL open_text_file(<filename>)
WHILE NOT text_line[a][1,7] = "**END**"
CALL read_line(<filename>) RETURNING text_line[a]
LET a = a + 1
END WHILE
CALL close_text_file(<filename>)
I guess another way to do it would be create a table, load the flat
file in line-by-line and get to the data that way. I guess that's an
option.
I'm not a C programmer (although I'm starting to learn), but even if I
was, I think I'd still have problems trying to make this work.
Thanks
P.S. Are there any BBS's geared towards Informix programmers?
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INET: scotto@ipars.cts.comsullivan@aqdata.uucp (Michael T. Sullivan) (11/30/89)
From article <792@crash.cts.com>, by scotto@crash.cts.com (Scott O'Connell):
> I have a need to read in prepared text files with Informix 4GL. The
I was about to respond to this article with something along the lines
of filters and using RDSQL's "load" command when something made me look
in the 4gl manual. I find out there is no "load" command and there is
no "unload" command in 4gl, unlike SQL. Am I missing something here?
If I'm not, I'm going to be very upset.
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San Dimas, CAscotto@crash.cts.com (Scott O'Connell) (12/01/89)
Something I didn't mention (hey, *I* knew what I wanted :-) was that the
parsing of lines for keywords was to add DB information.
SELECT * FROM customers WHERE MONTH(last_sale) < MONTH(TODAY-1)
Dear <contact>, $ Add customers.contact1
Because you're a valued customer .... we are concered that...
you last purchase <last_purch_date>...
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INET: scotto@ipars.cts.combgolden@infmx.UUCP (Bernard Golden) (12/01/89)
In article <1989Nov29.233548.14714@aqdata.uucp> sullivan@aqdata.uucp (Michael T. Sullivan) writes: >From article <792@crash.cts.com>, by scotto@crash.cts.com (Scott O'Connell): >> I have a need to read in prepared text files with Informix 4GL. The > >I was about to respond to this article with something along the lines >of filters and using RDSQL's "load" command when something made me look >in the 4gl manual. I find out there is no "load" command and there is >no "unload" command in 4gl, unlike SQL. Am I missing something here? >If I'm not, I'm going to be very upset. You are not missing something; however, LOAD and UNLOAD will be available in the next release (4.0), scheduled to be available early next year. Hope this helps. -b
dranney@infmx.UUCP (David Ranney) (12/01/89)
In article <1989Nov29.233548.14714@aqdata.uucp> sullivan@aqdata.uucp (Michael T. Sullivan) writes: >From article <792@crash.cts.com>, by scotto@crash.cts.com (Scott O'Connell): >> I have a need to read in prepared text files with Informix 4GL. The > >I was about to respond to this article with something along the lines >of filters and using RDSQL's "load" command when something made me look >in the 4gl manual. I find out there is no "load" command and there is >no "unload" command in 4gl, unlike SQL. Am I missing something here? >If I'm not, I'm going to be very upset. You are sort of correct. There is no "unload" command in 4gl, but you can write a short report that acts like unload. There is no "load" command per-se, but dbload does the exact same type of thing. Look in the appendices of your reference manual for an explanation of dbload. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Ranney ({!uunet|!pyramid}!infmx!dranney) Go Brewers!! please? Consequences, schmonsequences; as long as I'm rich. -- Daffy Duck Disclaimer: Informix doesn't pay me enough to write their opinions. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
sullivan@aqdata.uucp (Michael T. Sullivan) (12/02/89)
From article <2727@infmx.UUCP>, by bgolden@infmx.UUCP (Bernard Golden): > In article <1989Nov29.233548.14714@aqdata.uucp> sullivan@aqdata.uucp (Michael T. Sullivan) writes: >> >>in the 4gl manual. I find out there is no "load" command and there is >>no "unload" command in 4gl, unlike SQL. Am I missing something here? >>If I'm not, I'm going to be very upset. > > You are not missing something; however, LOAD and UNLOAD will be available > in the next release (4.0), scheduled to be available early next year. > Hope this helps. 4.0? What happened to 3.0? What happened to 2.11? I have a customer that just bought 4gl and it was still 2.10{.whatever}. Who missed what? -- Michael Sullivan uunet!jarthur.uucp!aqdata!sullivan aQdata, Inc. aqdata!sullivan@jarthur.claremont.edu San Dimas, CA
aland@infmx.UUCP (Dr. Scump) (12/04/89)
In article <1989Dec1.191427.17206@aqdata.uucp> sullivan@aqdata.uucp (Michael T. Sullivan) writes: >From article <2727@infmx.UUCP>, by bgolden@infmx.UUCP (Bernard Golden): >> You are not missing something; however, LOAD and UNLOAD will be available >> in the next release (4.0), scheduled to be available early next year. >> Hope this helps. > >4.0? What happened to 3.0? What happened to 2.11? I have a customer that >just bought 4gl and it was still 2.10{.whatever}. Who missed what? Actually, 4GL would be version 1.10.something. >Michael Sullivan uunet!jarthur.uucp!aqdata!sullivan The full SQL product line is being resequenced so that each of the products uses the same version numbering. Here's how to translate: Product Current version New Version ------- --------------- ----------- C-ISAM 3.10.03K 4.00 I-SQL 2.10.03K 4.00 ESQL/C 2.10.03K 4.00 ESQL/COBOL 2.10.03K 4.00 ESQL/FORTRAN - 4.00 ESQL/Ada - 4.00 I-4GL 1.10.03K 4.00 I-4GL RDS 1.10.03K 4.00 I-4GL ID 1.10.03K 4.00 (Std. engine) 2.10.03K INFORMIX-SE 4.00 I-NET (std. eng.) 2.10.03K INFORMIX-NET 4.00 I-TURBO 1.10.03K INFORMIX-OnLine 4.00 I-NET TURBO 1.10.03K INFORMIX-STAR 4.00 -- Alan S. Denney @ Informix Software, Inc. {pyramid|uunet}!infmx!aland "I want to live! -------------------------------------------- as an honest man, Disclaimer: These opinions are mine alone. to get all I deserve If I am caught or killed, the secretary and to give all I can." will disavow any knowledge of my actions. - S. Vega
bgolden@infmx.UUCP (Bernard Golden) (12/05/89)
In article <1989Dec1.191427.17206@aqdata.uucp> sullivan@aqdata.uucp (Michael T. Sullivan) writes: >From article <2727@infmx.UUCP>, by bgolden@infmx.UUCP (Bernard Golden): > >4.0? What happened to 3.0? What happened to 2.11? I have a customer that >just bought 4gl and it was still 2.10{.whatever}. Who missed what? No one missed anything. In an effort to bring our version numbering schemes on various platforms and products into a more understandable format, we have developed a new version numbering scheme for the next release. All products will be brought up to 4.0 to ensure unique identifiers. As to 2.11, I am not familiar with it, so I don't know if it exists. I tend to think it doesn't. -b