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dtaylor@octa.net (Diane Taylor) wrote: ...nice explanation of serial number features sniped... :I have a programmer that uses serial values heavily because an Informix = :techy told him they were faster. Personally, I think they are much more = :trouble than any performance you gain. I mean, let's get a little bit = :twiddly...... Although I don't know exactly what to get twiddly means, this looks like a very strange viewpoint to me. Serials are extremely usefull and I don't realy see how you can talk about trouble at all. With any Informix development or connectivity product all functionality to use them is there. Even if you use ODBC there is no longer any troulbe with the 7.x releases of the engine. If you twiddle your thumbs you normally have nothing to do. If that's the case you might want to think a little about the usefullness of serials. It's hard to conceive of any sizable database where serials couldn't be used very advantageously. Nils.Myklebust@idg.no NM Data AS, P.O.Box 9090 Gronland, N-0133 Oslo, Norway My opinions are those of my company The Informix FAQ is at http://www.iiug.org