Explicitly declares your intention to access one or more
databases and causes an attach to the database.
1 – Examples
The following program fragments demonstrate the use of the READY
statement to open a database. These program fragments:
o Use the DATABASE statement to declare the PERSONNEL database
o Declare a database handle PERS for PERSONNEL
o Open the PERSONNEL database with the READY statement
1.1 – C Example
#include <stdio.h>
DATABASE PERS = FILENAME "PERSONNEL";
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main ()
{
READY PERS;
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FINISH PERS;
}
1.2 – Pascal Example
program empupdate;
DATABASE PERS = FILENAME 'PERSONNEL';
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begin
READY PERS;
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FINISH PERS;
end.
2 – Format
(B)0[m[4mREADY[m qqqwqqqq>qqqqqqqqqqqqqqwqqqwqqqq>qqqqqqqqqqqqqwqqqqq>
mqwqq> db-handle qwqj mqqqq> on-error qqqj
mqqqqqq , <qqqqqj
2.1 – Format arguments
db-handle Database handle. A host variable used
to refer to a specific database you have
invoked. For more information see the
entry on the Database Handle clause.
on-error The ON ERROR clause. Specifies host
language statement(s) to be executed if an
error occurs during the READY operation.
For more information see the entry on ON
ERROR.