Javier

Attached is a program I have written that allows users to query any
database, any table or view.

Re PROMPT: I suggest you contact RBTI directly and request that this feature
be put back into the upcoming 7.0 release.  As a teacher of newbees to
R:Base, I also miss this feature.

David Blocker

----- Original Message -----
From: "Javier Valencia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "RBASE, LIST" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 10:27 PM
Subject: Using QUERY from within applications


> In RBASE for DOS I frequently use the command:
>
> QUERY * FROM table_name  ORDER by column_name ASC
>
> from within an application. It brings the QUERY screen in which I can
modify
> the WHERE clause, add tables and so on and the move to the BROWSE screen
> with the <F2> key... or else I use the command:
>
> QUERY * FROM table_name  ORDER by column_name ASC EXECUTE
>
> Which brings the browse screen from which I can move back and forth to the
> QUERY screen by using the <CTRL><F3> and <F2> keys; this allows the user
to
> modify the WHERE clause, add tables and save it as a view.
>
> I have tried to do the same in WINDOWS RBASE 6.5++ without luck. If I use
> the QUERY command within an application, it flashes IN and OUT quickly and
> continues to the next line of code.  When I use the BROWSE command instead
> of QUERY, I get the BROWSE screen but I am unable to get to the QUERY
screen
> to change the WHERE clause or add tables, etc and I am stuck with the
> original WHERE clause as the BROWSE and QUERY icons are not visible for
> within an application. I have tried all the key combinations to move
between
> the BROWSE and QUERY screens with no luck.
> This feature was particularly popular and useful to users, as they were
able
> to create complex queries and save the results as views from within the
> application without having to deal with the  R Prompt.
> Does anyone have a workaround to get the same functionality of DOS in the
> Windows environment?
>
> Also, what ever happened to the PROMPT command? It as very easy to use a
> command line such as:
>
> PROMPT SELECT
>
> from within an application and the system would guide the user through the
> options and then run the command; again, a very useful command no longer
> available in Windows. Any help in these areas would be greatly
appreciated.
>
> Javier Valencia, PE
> President
> Valencia Technology Group, L.L.C.
> 14315 S. Twilight Ln., Suite #14
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