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- From: briand@anasazi.com (Brian Douglass)
- Subject: Re: Informix triggers
- Organization: Anasazi Inc Phx Az USA
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 19:37:03 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.193703.20779@anasazi.com>
- References: <1993Jan20.165128.9762@dssmktg.uucp> <1993Jan21.025302.14166@gateway.ssf-sys.DHL.COM>
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- >In article <1993Jan20.165128.9762@dssmktg.uucp>, corinne@dssmktg.uucp
- >(Corinne Gregory) writes:
- >|> Hello, all...
- >|>
- >|> We are in need of using Informix 4GL (with Online?) in a live-feed
- >|> sort of situation, where an "event" occurring which changes data in the
- >|> database can be updated on the screen immediately. We are anticipating
- >|> a live-flow of data that needs to be imported into the database and then
- >|> activities performed within the 4GL program depending on the situation. I
- >|> understand that triggers handle this situation nicely, but I have no
- >|> experience with them in the Informix world. Do they exist? And, if yes,
- >|> any suggestions, hints, etc., for how we would make use of them?
- >|>
- >|> Thanks for any help...
- >|>
- >|> - Corinne
- >
-
- What you might look into as far as display is 20/20 Realtime. A
- spreadsheet for unix that can be "programmed" to periodacally look at the
- data and update its cells based on changes in the data flow it is watching.
-
- Have only seen it in demos, but it looks cool.
-
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- Jefferson
- Brian Douglass briand@anasazi.com 602-870-3330 X657
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