Reading from Standard In/Writing to Standard Out? (on Solaris)

[Kenneth Brody]

Tim Fischer wrote:
> 
> I've got a situation where I need to keep a mysql database in sync with our
> FilePro database.  Our idea is to use Standard in/out as a medium to
> transfer data.  I don't know, however, to get FP to read to standard in or
> write to standard out.

Well, since filePro always reads from stdin and writes to stdout, I'm
not sure exactly what you're asking.

> Does anyone use this or similar functionality anywhere?  Can you give me
> somewhere to look for instruction or assistance?
> 
> Alternatively, is there a way to connect to a mysql server directly from FP?
> (I'm guessing no, but it can't hurt to ask!)

You may be able to write wrappers around MySQL that filePro can call
either with SYSTEM or interactively with USER.

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