Re: What's new in Informix 7.3?

Jay D. Sullivan wrote: > > Can anyone point me somewhere where I can find out what's new in Informix > Dynamic Server 7.3 that wasn't there in 7.2x? > > We had two problems with 7.2 which I'm hoping (but not expecting) were > resolved in 7.3. The first is Informix's lack of case-independent > indexes. There was no way to do a case-insensitive search and still be > able to use an index. Databases such as Sybase/Microsoft SQL Server allow > this. > > The second problem was that Informix's biggest variable-length text field > only allowed you to store 256 characters. If you wanted to store more than > that, you couldn't do things like "LIKE" searches. SQL Server has a TEXT > type which will store up to 32K of data and you can still do LIKE searches. > > If anyone could tell me if these problems have been resolved, I'd > appreciate it. Otherwise, if you know where I can find a good description > of what is new in version 7.3, please let me know. > > Thanks, > Jay A tech briefing is located at : http://www.informix.com/informix/products/techbrfs/servconn/2073177/feat.htm I'm looking forward to being able to play with it later this year . . . if my third-party software vendor will OK it. John Carlson Informix DBA WH Smith, Inc.