Displays a progress message.

Syntax

  function ibec_Progress(Mes : string): string;

Description

Call ibec_Progress function to display a message. The Msg parameter is the message string that appears in the upper status panel of the SQL Editor or Script Editor. If you're executing an IBEBlock using the ibescript.exe tool the message will appear on the screen and will be included into log file .

Example

  execute IBEBlock
  returns (table_name varchar(31), irecords integer)
  as
  begin
    for select rdb$relation_name
        from rdb$relations
        order by rdb$relation_name
        into :table_name
    do
    begin
      ibec_Progress('Counting records of ' || ibec_Trim(table_name));
      execute statement 'select count(*) from ' || ibec_Trim(table_name) into :irecords;
      suspend;
    end
  end

See also:
Comparing databases using IBEBlock
Comparing scripts with IBEBlock

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