From: Zeyd M. Ben-Halim (zmbenhal@netcom.com)
Date: 04/18/93


From: zmbenhal@netcom.com (Zeyd M. Ben-Halim)
Subject: Re: Help with INGRES.
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1993 21:17:57 GMT

In article <93108.201818F40109@BARILVM.BITNET> Sefi Merkel <F40109@BARILVM.BITNET> writes:
>need help with INGRES
>
>
>I have download INGRES04 package, compile it, and install it as much as I
>can understand. But now, after I am typing the command 'ingres databasename'
>
>I am getting 3 lines of prompt, and then a new command line with '*' as a
>prompt. at this point the ingres accept evrything Iwrite and do nothing.
>I can type anything into this prompt, press Enter, and just get another '*'.
>
>what have I done wrong?

You haven't read the tutorial :-) You have to type \g at the prompt to get
ingres to execute your commands, otherwise they go into an edit buffer.

Zeyd

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