Re: ESQL/C, Informix 7.3 - undocumented reserved word "ref"?

Posted in 1998

William Harris — 13 Jul 1998 13:29:54 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <6o5k0k$bhj$1@news.xmission.com>, jleffler@informix.com says... >I think that REF is keyword in Illustra databases, and it has presumably >been added to the 7.30 syntax somehow, even though I cannot locate any >references to REF types in the 9.1 docs (ESQL/C, Guide to SQL: Reference, >Guide to SQL: Syntax). I'd use the table.ref (or alias.ref) notation to >avoid the problem. Maybe you shoudl report this to the doc@informix.com >alias? Thanks for giving me something (other than a capricious compiler) to hang the problem on. It does sound like a job for the documentation people. Sigh. (Pulling out the handy "make co"...) ----- William Harris