EXTERNAL

Description:

Allows the user to send to a specified data server any valid text string which represents a command to read from, or write to, a database.

For further information of subsidiary commands relevant to EXTERNAL mode, see under the following headings:

CLOSE_DELIMIT_END_GET_OPEN_SEND_START_TOGGLE

Example:

EXTERNAL SEND $!!MAINT ’select * from maintdata’

This sends the specified text string to the data server whose channel token is stored in the variable !!MAINT.

Syntax:

>-- EXTERnal ... -->