Burying the subroutine in EVAL or an I-type Dict item is a little expensive,
typing-wise. Also having a program to parse the request and CASE itself
through the number of parameters is also limited.
Basically, my PRINT response will handle everything as easily as it implies.
I use it dozens of times every day to test out the very scenario that you
suggest.
PRINT ; CUSTNO='12345" ; PRODNO="AB12345" ; CALL GET.PRICE(CUSTNO, PRODNO,
PRICE) ; PRINT OCONV(PRICE,"MD2")
all on one TCL then Databasic Line. PROCREAD, @COMMAND or TCLREAD the line,
write to a BP file, compile and run. Incredibly flexible.
My 1 cent.
----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 10:03 PM
Subject: RE: [U2] [UD] running a subroutine
> > Wondering if there is a way to execute a subroutine from the colon
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> I haven't seen anyone suggest using EVAL. This works for UV - I presume it
> works for UD too. You may need to play with the return values.
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> SELECT EVAL "SUBR('SUB.NAME',VAR1,VAR2)" FROM VOC FIRST 1;
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