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- * FOR INSTALLATION DETAILS TYPE INSTALL *
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- *** QUICK START (DETAILS IN DOCUMENTATION)
- SSQL
- (TYPE A COMMAND, SUCH AS)
- SELECT *
- FROM BRANCH;
- (NOW PROCESS THE COMMAND BY PRESSING)
- F4
- (The response will be in the text box on the right. To close it press Alt-F3)
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- A fast way to erase the current query
- (assuming the cursor is at the end of the query)
- Shift-PgUp
- Del
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- *** Output limit under SQL
- The output of the select command is brought into an editing window. There
- is a 65,000 character limit to the editing window. Anything above that will
- get a "memory error". Since the output is put in a file called QUERY.TXT, you
- can edit it with any text editor/word processor that can handle large files.
- If you use SSQLENG directly the limit to the output is about 320,000 characters.
- However, the size of the input tables remains UNLIMITED.
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- Work-around for file-save bug
- When you create a new file, there is a bug if you press ALT-F3 to close the
- window AND answer YES to saving an untitled file. It will probably lock-up.
- Instead of pressing ALT-F3 to close a NEW file you want to save, press
- ALT-F, A (Save As) to save the file, then close it.
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- Possible bug with mouse in VGA mode
- If the mouse only goes down 25 lines when you are in VGA mode, do the following:
- ALT-F, D (to shell to DOS)
- exit (to get back to the program)
- That should clear it unless you have a very old mouse driver.
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- Time-consuming queries
- If your query takes a relatively long time (over 1000 tests), the word WORKING,
- followed by a dot '.' for every thousand tests, will appear to let you know
- that the computer has not locked up, it is just taking a while to evaluate
- the query.
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- ****** IF YOU HAVE A PC XT COMPATIBLE AND/OR NO HARD DISK *****
- You may find SSQL a bit slow since every time you process a command, it has
- to start SSQLENG. You can use SSQLENG directly which will greatly speed
- processing on slow machines. See page INTRO-4 for a brief description of
- SSQLENG, page WORD-1 and SCRIPT-1 for some hints to make working with
- SSQLENG easier.
- HERCULES CARD
- If you have a Hercules card, start SSQL with:
- SSQL /L
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