SET PAGELENGTH

Purpose

Governs pagination in output files

Syntax

SET PAGELENGTH TO <expN>

See Also

BROWSE, DISPLAY, LIST, REPORT, SET DESCRIPTIONS, SET HEADING, SET PAGEWIDTH, TYPE

Description

The SET PAGELENGTH TO <expN> command sets the length of pagination in an output file created from one of the DISPLAY | LIST...TO FILE or TYPE FILE commands. When used in conjunction with the LIST | DISPLAY ... TO FILE, SET DESCRIPTIONS, SET PAGEWIDTH and SET HEADING commands, this provides the ability to produce quick reports.

Example

set pagelength to 60
set heading to single
use demo
list fields acc_prefix, acc_no, ord_value, name;
  to file accounts.txt;
  for ord_date =("01/02/2009")

Products

Recital Database Server, Recital Mirage Server, Recital Terminal Developer