Re: Informix SE 7.x: Does it support data types 'text', 'varchar'??

Also sprach gburnore@databasix.com (Gary L. Burnore) : :On Thu, 06 Aug 1998 20:38:47 GMT, in article :<35ca1306.29440609@nntp.news.netcom.net>, davek@summitdata.com (David Kosenko) :wrote: : :>aak2@Ra.MsState.Edu (Atif Ahmad Khan) offerred: :>+"Art S. Kagel" <kagel@bloomberg.net> writes: :>+>No SE does not support BLOBS or varchar. :>+There goes my excitement about running Informix on Linux (Only SE available on :>Linux). :>+I guess I'll have to wait for the Oracle 8 release or the Informix Online release. :>+I didn't know that such basic functionality was missing from SE. :> :> :>Yeah, these damn software companies have a lot of NERVE to GIVE AWAY FOR FREE :>software that lacks the functionality of their high-priced core product line! :> : :Huh? Unless you snipped it I don't see where he menitoned Free. SE on Linux, which caused the disappointment due to its lack of support of the "basic functionality" of BLOB support, is a free download. I find it ironic that someone would complain about the lack of functionality in a free product. Dave Dave Kosenko (posting from home) Currently teaching folks everything I know about Informix at Summit Data Group (an Informix Authorized Education Center) For more info, see http://www.summitdata.com ********** "Everybody plays the fool, sometimes."