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INFORMIX-SQL

Reference

INFORMIX-SQL Version 6.0 April 1994 Part No. 000-7607

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Preface The INFORMIX-SQL Reference and its companion volume, the INFORMIX-SQL User Guide, are your primary sources for learning to make the best use of the INFORMIX-SQL (I-SQL) relational ; f003 = customer.lname, color=red where f003 not like "Quinn"; f004 = customer.zipcode color=red blink where f004 > 10000;

The FORMBUILD Transaction Form Generator

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COLOR

NLS

The evaluation of MATCHES, LIKE, and BETWEEN expressions containing character arguments is dependent on the LANG and LC_COLLATE settings in an NLS , upshift, autonext; f007 = customer.zipcode, autonext; f008 = customer.phone; f009 = displayonly type char; f010 = displayonly type char; instructions after editadd editupdate of phone nextfield = f001 after editadd editupdate of customer call stamptime() end

The function stamptime, called by the form specification file when the entry clerk presses ESCAPE to complete the transaction, follows. In addition to the special function pf_putval defined earlier in this section, stamptime uses the system functions time, localtime, and getlogin. The login name of the order taker is obtained from the string function getlogin and is displayed in the screen field Entry Clerk.

6-38 C Functions in ACE and PERFORM

Examples

The system time is decomposed into hours and minutes and then reconstructed into a string variable displayed in the screen field Time Entered. PERFORM then writes the record to the customer table, using the DAILY ORDER REPORT" print column 10, "========================================================" skip 1 line print column 15, "FROM: ", begin_date using "mm/dd/yy", column 35, "TO: ", end_date using "mm/dd/yy" print column 15, "Report run date: ", today using "mmm dd, yyyy" skip 2 lines print column 2, "ORDER DATE", column 15, "COMPANY", column 35, "NAME", column 57, "NUMBER", column 65, "AMOUNT"

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The Demonstration ======================================================" skip 2 lines print "Total Amount of orders: ", total of total_price using "$$$$,$$$,$$$.&&" page trailer print column 28, pageno using "page