updating TEXT data

ISQL 4.10 running with OnLine 5.03 I want to update data in a TEXT column using forms. (do not have 4GL or ESQL-anything) "Informix Guide to SQL Reference/December 1991" says on page 3-17, "You can insert data into TEXT columns... Through a screen form with the PROGRAM attribute (INFORMIX-SQL)" But what is this PROGRAM attribute and how do you use it? I do not find a reference to the PROGRAM attribute in any index with my documentation. I do not find it in the section on form attributes in the User Guide. I have tried the following in the form specification (for a dummy table "testtext"): ================================================================= DATABASE africa_gis screen size 24 by 80 { id [f000 ] remarks [f001 ] } end tables testtext attributes f000 = testtext.id; f001 = testtext.remarks, program; end ================================================================ BUT this bombs in compilation (not unexpectedly, I knew it couldn't be *that* simple!) as follows: ================================================================ DATABASE africa_gis screen size 24 by 80 { id [f000 ] remarks [f001 ] } end tables testtext attributes f000 = testtext.id; f001 = testtext.remarks, program; #--------------------------------^ # # A grammatical error has been found on line 12, # character 34. The construct is not understandable in its context. # See error number -2018. end =============================================================== I am able to LOAD the info into the table with no problem. But what if I want to modify existing TEXT data? I cannot even use UPDATE...SET, not that I would want to. The only workaround I know of available to me is to UNLOAD the table, make the updates with a text editor, and LOAD the table back in. Makes me wonder what's the point of an RDBMS. Mark Heinicke mheinick@Glue.umd.edu