Re: Question on TEXT datatype (Was: need wordwrap routine....)

Posted in 1992

Walt Hultgren {rmy} — Thu, 30 Jan 92 11:25:39 -0500 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Path: emory!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ub!dsinc!das13!dave From: dave@das13.snide.com (Dave Snyder) Newsgroups: comp.databases.informix Message-ID: <1615@das13.snide.com> Date: 30 Jan 92 13:34:34 GMT References: <1992Jan29.201259.21318@cbnews.cb.att.com> Organization: Snide Inc. - Folcroft, PA In article <1992Jan29.201259.21318@cbnews.cb.att.com>, mvctm@cbnews.cb.att.com (carl.t.mosley) writes: > > With ONLINE and TEXT, can I have, as Luis points out, a SCROLLABLE > input with wordwrap? > No, TEXT blobs require a "blob handler". Whether it's vi, emacs, or whatever, you need something to handle the blob data. WORDWRAP will only work on a single field... TEXT, CHAR, or VARCHAR. By having a screen array, you have multiple CHAR fields and WORDWRAP won't. DAS -- David A. Snyder @ Snide Inc. - Folcroft, PA Current Release is db4glgen-3.4 UUCP: ..!uunet!das13!dave INTERNET: Dave.Snyder@snide.com