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From: cs_bob@gsbacd.uchicago.edu
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Subject: Re: INGRES - Switching databases at run time ???
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Date: 2 May 89 17:30:14 GMT
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>	"Any INGRES executable can be pointed to a database different
>	from the one originally used for development. 

I think that should read something like "Any INGRES 4GL executable..." .
This is important for OSL, since it doesn't provide an explicit CONNECT
statement.

>	P.S.: Of course, one can use an equel/c variable as the database
>	      name, and pass in the name at run time as an argument.

And that's exactly the kind of thing you'll have to do. If you think about
it for a minute, you really wouldn't want it to work any other way.

R.Kohout