Re: Bug with ViewPoint 2.20/OnLine 7.20

On Fri, 14 Feb 1997, Frido van Orden wrote: } Nasty bug when using ViewPoint Pro 2.20 (shipped with NE) against an } OnLine DS 7.20 database: } } All alter/create table statements involving a CHAR or VARCHAR column are } converted to NCHAR/NVARCHAR. This happens both when entering SQL } directly and using the table editor. Issuing the same statements using } DBAccess on the server results in the expected behaviour. } OL 7.20 has NCHAR/NVARCHAR catalog tables, but obviously some } miscommunication has happened at Informix leading to this very nasty } bug. } } Only workaround known so far: don't use VPPRO for anything other than } normal DML/query statements. } Even Better Solution Don't Use VPPRO at all ! Rajeev Nimmagadda SRK rajeevn@jcdcrs4.jobcorps.org # (512)393-7204 ################################################################