Editing Lasso (programming language) (section)

===Inlines===
<syntaxhighlight lang="lasso">
// Find all records in a table
inline(		
	-database='db_name', 
	-table='table_name', 
	-findall	
) => {
	// Iterate through and process each row
	rows => {	
		// Output each row to the current web request
		content_body += '<a href="' + column('url') + '">' + column('title') + '</a>'
	}	
}
</syntaxhighlight>

Inlines are the basic Lasso tool for database actions. [http://www.lassosoft.com/lassoDocs/languageReference/obj/inline Database commands] can be issued as above, in Lasso's db-independent metalanguage, in which case the same search code works for MySQL, FileMaker Pro or for any other database backend with which Lasso can connect.

If needed, a [[SQL]] statement can of course be embedded in the inline when using a database server that supports SQL:
<syntaxhighlight lang="lasso">
 // Execute SQL statement
 inline(		
 	-database='db_name', 
 	-sql = 'SELECT * FROM table_name'	
 )...
</syntaxhighlight>
In the above example, the dashes (-) before commands denote optional parameters. These can be specified in any order and generated dynamically; the last of any duplicate parameters take precedence. The inline command supports a large range of parameters<ref>[http://www.lassosoft.com/lassoDocs/languageReference/obj/inline large range of parameters]</ref> allowing developers to interact with databases that they may not have intimate knowledge of.

Custom database connectors can be created which allows leveraging the abstracted nature of the inline command.