====== Environment Commands ======

 

Environment commands provide a means for a BASIC+ procedure to report on the environment within which it is being run, including time, date, and OpenInsight serial number.

  

^Command^Description^
|[[create_user|Create_User routine]]|Creates a new user or modifies information about an existing user in the current database.|
|[[date|Date()]]|Returns the current date in internal format.|
|[[delete_user|Delete_User routine]]|Removes a user from the current database. Only the administrative user can delete users.|
|[[drive|Drive()]]|Returns the current operating system drive and path.|
|[[flush|Flush statement]]|Forces the system to write all changed buffers to disk.|
|[[garbagecollect|GarbageCollect statement]]|Frees unused string space.|
|[[get_env|Get_Env routine]]|Returns an attribute or list of attributes from the database environment for the current database.|
|[[get_status|Get_Status()]]|Returns error status information from a stored procedure. Use after calling any system stored procedure.|
|[[list_users|List_Users routine]]|Returns information about users in a specified database.|
|[[save_env|Save_Env routine]]|Saves the current environment settings.|
|[[serial|Serial()]]|Returns the current OpenInsight serial number.|
|[[set_env|Set_Env routine]]|Defines the value of an environment attribute or list of attributes for the current database.|
|[[set_status|Set_Status()]]|Sets or clears error information.|
|[[status|Status()]]|Returns a number indicating the status or flag value of certain previously executed commands.|
|[[time|Time()]]|Returns the current time in internal format.|
|[[timedate|TimeDate()]]|Returns the current time and date in external format.|