Re: Upper and lower functions in C for Informix 9.x

Rob wrote: > I few weeks ago, I searched this newsgroup for discussions on > string functions (such as upper() and lower()) for the Universal > Server (now marketed as the "Informix Dynamic Server with > Universal Data Option"). There were various pointers to SPL > string handling functions which were torturous in design because > of SPL limitations. Yes, the SPL routines are horridly tortuous (and torturous, too). They're also slow. Mercifully, the 7.30 servers support some of these functions as standard -- UPPER, LOWER, SUBSTR in particular. Long overdue! What you've provided will be useful until the engine provides them as standard -- which will probably be the 9.20 release of IDS/UDO, though that is a *guess* which I have not checked at all. They will appear in some forthcoming version is for sure. -- Jonathan Leffler (jleffler@informix.com, jleffler@earthlink.net) Guardian of DBD::Informix -- see http://www.perl.com/CPAN #include <disclaimer.h>