Re: Senior Oracle DBA now Learning InformixbyRequestofCompany

Posted in 2006

Topics: Server Administration, Data Types & Schema Design

Mark Townsend — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 23:20:22 -0800 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > It looks like you have to pass by reference, yet if your first parameter > is CHAR(4), you have to create a data type char4 as CHAR(4) and then in > your procedure input the first variable as a type char4. I can't even grok this statement - can you clarify or provide an example ?

↪ replying to Mark Townsend

DA Morgan — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 10:13:28 -0800 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Mark Townsend wrote: > Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > >> It looks like you have to pass by reference, yet if your first >> parameter is CHAR(4), you have to create a data type char4 as CHAR(4) >> and then in your procedure input the first variable as a type char4. > > I can't even grok this statement - can you clarify or provide an example ? Makes no sense to me either. I'd like to see an example too. -- Daniel A. Morgan University of Washington damorgan@x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond) Puget Sound Oracle Users Group www.psoug.org