Re: INSERTing string longer the 256 bytes

Steven Frank wrote: > Perhaps I'm missing something, but when trying to insert a string value of > greater than 256 bytes, Informix generates an error -280 (A quoted string > exceeds 256 bytes). > > I understand the error, but not the restriction. For Pete's sake, even MS > Access allows this!! > > Is there a decent workaround for this complete design failure on Informix's > part? > > Thanks Never having tried to insert a string that long, I don't know the answer to your question, but isn't your conclusion a bit harsh? I don't know how many times I've bumped into some constraint that made it appear the software was not very robust, only to find that changing a parameter set by the OS corrected the situation. carlos