Progress
Results User’s Guide
for Windows


Saving a Query

Once you create a query, you can save and reuse the query whenever you want to access the same information in your database. Follow these steps to save a query.

  1. Choose Query Save. The Save As dialog box appears:
  2. Type a short description for the query.
  3. The description can consist of up to 48 alphanumeric characters and spaces. You’ll use the query description to locate and open queries, so pick a description that reflects the type of query you create. For example, you might type Customer Orders for a query that accesses all the orders for each customer in the Customer table.

    NOTE: Results lets you use descriptions to locate and access query files, so you are not limited to eight-character filenames. However, Results automatically generates filenames for these files so that your computer can store and access them properly. The query directory (.qd7) file contains a directory that maps the descriptions you provide with the actual filenames Results generates. See the Progress Results Administration and Development Guide for more information about the query directory.

  4. Choose OK.

Once you have saved a query, you can use the Save As command to save the query without changing its description.


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