RE: Searching text fields

Posted in 2000

Daniel Bonesana — Thu, 4 May 2000 09:26:50 -0300 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

You need a text datablade IIF.2000 comes with an option for excalibur > N. Daniel Bonesana > SIEMENS-ITRON BUSINESS SERVICES S.A. > Balcarce 683, (C1064AAM) Buenos Aires, Argentina. > * 54 (11) 4320-5456 * dbones@siemens-itron.com.ar > > -----Original Message----- From: Kief [mailto:kief@bitbull.com] Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 5:55 AM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Searching text fields Is there any way to search a column of type TEXT in Informix? From the documentation the answer appears to be no, so my next question is: how can you have a searchable column which can hold more than 255 characters, other than the incredibly space-wasting CHAR (n) type? Thanks, kief Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.