Re: TYPE reserved word 7.3x

bill_allison@my-deja.com wrote: > > Thinking about this some more, IMHO this is a most ill-chosen reserved > word. "type" must be a column name in many users' schemas and a table > or procedure name in some. > > Are enough of us affected to jointly influence Informix to change the > reserved word (it must be very much less used than as an object name) > in a future release? > > How do customers communicate such wish items (assuming I am right and > it *is* a wish) to Informix? We have a user group in the UK but it's > existence has been intermittent and i'm not sure that it can pull any > weight You make a 'Feature Request' or you can lobby the IIUG board to add your request to the list of features it will poll us about before the next Informix World Conference (let's not start on the name again, please). Art S. Kagel

>You make a 'Feature Request' or you can lobby the IIUG board to add your >request to the list of features it will poll us about before the next >Informix World Conference (let's not start on the name again, please). Yes, but you're all bloody Americans and you don't give a toss for ....... oh, sorry! Serious point for a sec; because this is actually the voting procedure, but none but the very largest European corporations are likely to send delegates to a conference in another continent (my medium sized stores franchise wouldn't dream of sending me, a contractor), it does tend to ensure that the issues that are progressed are those of concern to a) American and b) large users. Neil Londis Stores Hampton Hill, UK