Re: Special Characters

Rick Gearardo wrote: > > I am not an Informix programmer, but an application I support uses the > Informix engine with xWindows on AIX 4.2. > > One of my customers is using a field to hold barcode info which is bracketed > by the start-stop character "*" (asterisk). > > I have been told that the asterisk will signal the database engine to delete > the record if it is ever restored from backup. > > This field is in the middle of the record and not the beginning. > > I was wondering if this info is true. > > Any help appreciated. > > Rick G. As June says, it's not true. You've been had by someone who learned all they know on PCs. In dBase II and cousins an asterisk in the first position of a record flags a deleted record. Valid records have a space there. If I had a pound for every "support" person who has assumed that all computers work like PCs, I'd be a rich man. -- Peter Lancashire Information Systems Specialist, Bayer plc Eastern Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7AH, UK Tel: +44-1635-562258, Fax: +44-1635-562281 --- If all else fails, read the instructions AND the release notes. All opinions are my own and not those of Bayer plc. My Internet plumbing does not allow me to mail and post news together. Sorry. --- Join Infuse, the UK Informix User Group at http://www.infuse.org.uk/