Re: ROWID's

Guy Germonpre wrote: > > I heard the rumour that the notion of rowid's no longer is supported in the > newer versions of Informix 4GL - Informix Engines. > > I hope this is not true ! > > Could you shed a light on this ? > TIA > > Guy Guy, ROWIDs are still supported and they definitely continue to exist, but their usage as unique keys is not advised. If you get a hold of the 7.1 Administrator's Guides, there's a complete discussion on appropriate usage of ROWIDs. The whole intent of 7.1 and DSA is to divide and conquer your data. Read the book. It's got the whole story. :-) Tim -- \\\\|// (6 6) ==============================---o00--(_)--00o---============================ Tim Schaefer tschaefe@encore.com tschaefe@shadow.net Encore Computer Corp (800)726-2230 x5608 http://www.shadow.net/~tschaefe =============================================================================