Re: SQL FORMS beginner's questions

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Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1993 11:53:02 GMT
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In article <1lldp7$8ol_at_news.cs.tu-berlin.de> ernst_at_cs.tu-berlin.de (Ernst Kloecker) writes:
>Hallo,
>
>I just started using SQL FORMS and ran into two simple problems :
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>1. How can one invoke an OS command from within SQL FORMS and pass a
>field value as a parameter ? (OS = OS/2 in this case)
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>2. I find one feature of SQL FORMS quite annoying : When I press COMMIT,
>all the records previously accessed are updated, even if I was only
>browsing through their contents. I would rather have COMMIT to update
>only the record on screen. Is it possible to do that ? Or else, is it
>possible to disable scrolling through records with the cursor keys ?
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>
>Can anybbody help me out ? Thanks in advance, Ernst.
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>Ernst Kloecker phone: ++49-30-6181635 e-mail: ernst_at_cs.tu-berlin.de
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I have an excellent suggestion .... Just dont do anything



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Received on Mon Feb 22 1993 - 12:53:02 CET

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