Q130304: How to Create Stored Procedures in Visual FoxPro Programs

Article: Q130304
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbcode
Last Modified: 10-FEB-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0 
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SUMMARY
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A Visual FoxPro program can create a database by using the CREATE DATABASE
command, but the CREATE DATABASE command does not offer a way to create stored
procedures. This article describes how a Visual FoxPro program can add stored
procedures to a new or existing database.

MORE INFORMATION
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To add a stored procedure to an existing table, use the APPEND PROCEDURE command
to take a procedure from an existing text file and add it to a database's stored
procedure.

Step-by-Step Example
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1. Create a new database, or open an existing one. For example, use the
  following command to create a database:

     CREATE DATABASE mydata

2. Create a text file that will contain the desired procedure(s) or open an
  existing procedure file. The text file should contain procedure code. Here is
  an example:

     PROCEDURE check_stuff
        IF state <> "WA" or state <>"NC"
           WAIT WINDOW 'Invalid State'
        ENDIF
     ENDPROC

  The procedure file may contain as many procedures as you want to appear in the
  database's Stored Procedures.

3. To append the procedure(s) to an existing database's Stored Procedures be
  sure the database is open, and issue the APPEND PROCEDURES command, as in
  this example:

     OPEN DATABASE mydata EXCLUSIVE
     APPEND PROCEDURE FROM textfile.txt    && Replace textfile.txt with the
                                           && actual name of your text file.

NOTE: APPEND PROCEDURES requires that the database be opened exclusively. Also,
APPEND PROCEDURES may be used to overwrite the existing stored procedures by
using the optional OVERWRITE clause, for example:

     APPEND PROCEDURE FROM textfile.txt OVERWRITE

Additional query words: VFoxWin

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Keywords          : kbcode 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP300
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0

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