Rick Clark wrote on:          Wed, 28 Feb 1996:
 
> In a message dated 96-02-27 13:34:13 EST, [log in to unmask] (Denys Beauchemin)
> writes:
>
> >Don't hint at me, I never user Query.  If I want anything from the database,
> >I use DBDRIVER, like any other real programmer :->.
>
> Whoa.  There's a new one for me.  What is DBDRIVER???  I see it is located in
> PUB.SYS and also a version located on my CSL tape.
 
DBDRIVER is an *excellent* program.  It allows the user to enter
specific commands that will make calls directly to IMAGE.  For
example, you could ask DBDRIVER to open a database, do a DBFIND on a
dataset and then read through the set.  It can give you many types of
data, such as timings.  It's really a great testing tool.
 
However, it is very kriptic.  I think it was Bob Green who wrote a
great description of the program in The IMAGE Handbook.  The above
described above may take 5 commands for the DBOPEN, 6 for the DBFIND
and 2 for the DBGET.
 
Larry Boyd    <[log in to unmask]>
"Each problem solved creates the opportunity to solve the next problem
          that the last solution created." - Richard Pascale
(These opinions are my own and not those of Hewlett-Packard.)