Using SQL to Generate SQL Scripts (DBA Tricks and Tips)

First published in the Washington Area Informix User Group Newsletter Volume 7, No.3 – July 1997 This article will take a look at some tricks for using SQL to generate SQL to help you maintain and support your databases. One of the advantages of querying the system tables is that you can use the output […]

Getting Informix Column Names Within Unix Vi Editor

First published in the Washington Area Informix User Group Newsletter WAIUG – Volume 3, No. 4 – July 1993 How often have you tired of retyping the same column names repeatedly in vi? One solution is to save the column names in a file and read them in as needed. However, vi has the capability […]