Everybody: Since Informix 4GL is

Everybody:

Since Informix 4GL is going the way of Cobol, I decided to post a function FAQ. No sense reinventing the wheel. Here's a synopsis:

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Miscellaneous Informix 4GL functions

abs(val) # returns the absolute value of a integer
abs_dec10() # returns the absolute value of a decimal
parse_str() # parses string by character delimiter
rt_just() # right justify a string
ret_day() # takes a date and returns a three character day
replace() # replace in string occurrences of old pattern with new pattern
is_online() # returns true if the database is online else false
row_locked() # tests the sqlca.sqlerrd[2] variable to check if record locked
squeeze() # squeezes out all the spaces in a string
squ_any_char() # squeezes out a particlar character from a string

Datetime functions:
date_to_str()
return_min()
return_hr()
date_to_int()
secs_to_int()
int_to_date()
dtaddhrs()
yr_of_date()
ck_time()
ck_diget()
}