NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #30/NN_1992_30.iso/spool/comp/database/informix/2686

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From: [e-mail] (Stuart Hemming)
Newsgroups: comp.databases.informix
Subject: Re: Suggesting changes to 4gl
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Date: 14 Dec 92 15:54:00 GMT
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In-Reply-To: <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Dave Snyder)

TITLE: Re: Suggesting changes to 4gl


In <[e-mail]> Dave Snyder writes:

>Quoting David Stockel...
>}
>} >The top of my list is the input array statement.  It is just
>} >good enough to get you in trouble.  For example, it's a drag
>} >only being able to display all the elements of a program array
>} >to a screen array.
>}
>} How about a Highlite Row option in DISPLAY ARRAY/INPUT ARRAY?
>}
>} How about a simple way to control INSERT/DELETE in an INPUT ARRAY?
>}
>} How about a GOTO ROW command for the INPUT ARRAY?
>}
>} How about an INPUT/DISPLAY CURSOR comand?
>}
>} How about an USING parameter on the FOREACH command?
>}

All of this gets my vote.

> How about giving this man a cigar... great ideas Dave!  Informix, this is
> what your customers are asking for.

Should we hold our breath? Probably not.

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