Re: Is it possible...

["Fay, Brannon" <brannon.fay@PAETEC.COM>]

Yes, David, it is possible.  The reserved variable is #return-status.  On
page 14 of the SQR Language Reference Version 4, sorry don't have version 3
and I don't know what version you are on, #return-status is defined along
with the other SQR predefined/reserved variables.  It is defined as follows:

"Value to be returned to the operating system when SQR exits.  May be set in
your report.  "  ****-> "#return-status is initialized to the 'success'
return value for the operating system."

I modified my own code, running on Unix as well, to move 1 to #return-status
as my first line in my 'Main' procedure and move 0 to #return-status as my
last line.  This way if it fails anywhere in between, whether the error was
handled or not, the c++ program that calls the sqt will know whether or not
the SQR program actually did finish successfully.

hth,
Brannon J. Fay
Junior Software Engineer
PaeTec Communications, Inc.
(716)340-2629
(877)472-3832


-----Original Message-----
From: David Fordham [mailto:dfordham@SUMMITTECH.COM]
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 1999 10:54 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list SQR-USERS
Subject: Is it possible...


Hi all,

Is it possible to get an SQR to return a value to a unix shell script
that called the SQR??

TIA,

David Fordham

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