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RE: Include Database.e

• Posted by jondolar <lavigne.s at videotron.ca> Jul 02, 2003
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Thanks Brian. Your help is appreciated. I did read the doc but there is 
so much material. I'm an older guy (63) and memory is not what it used 
to be ;) I'm particularly interested in databases. What do you think of 
the Tsunami engine being accessible from Euphoria now?
  
Brian Broker wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi Serge,
> 
> Welcome to Euphoria!  May I suggest the obvious first step when working 
> with anything unfamiliar... Read The Manual!
> 
> Here's what's wrong with your program...
> 
> 1.  Euphoria is case sensitive.  "include" (all lowercase) is a special 
> top-level statement.  "Include" (with capital 'I') is interpreted as an 
> undeclared object or constant and this explains your error message.
> 
> 2.  Once you fix that, you'll get a similar error about i1 not being 
> declared.  In Euphoria, all variables must be declared before 
> assignment.
> 
> 3.  Read the documentation on the Euphoria Database System for proper 
> usage of the function db_open().
> 
> Here is a simple example of what you might be attempting to do:
> -----------------------------
> include database.e
> 
> integer i1
> 
> i1 = db_open("MYDATA.EDB",DB_LOCK_EXCLUSIVE)
> -----------------------------
> 
> Once you've read the docs and understand the basics of programming in 
> Euphoria please to come back with further questions. Everybody here is 
> always happy to help.
> 
> Regards,
> -- Brian
> 
> 
> jondolar wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Hi everyone
> > I'm new to Euphoria. I'm simply trying to open an eu.edb by running the 
> > following code in the Ed:
> > 
> > Include	database.e
> > i1 = db_open(s, i2) MYDATA.EDB
> > 
> > I get the following error message...Include has not been declared...
> > 
> > Why? Whats wrong
> > Can any one help before i start chewing my desk?
> > TIA
> > Serge Lavigne
> > 
>