Re: NCHAR and CREATE TABLE in 4gl

Posted in 1999

Richard Spitz — Mon, 03 May 1999 12:25:04 +0200 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Pavel HAMPL wrote: > I can`t compile program with statement CREATE TABLE and use there column > type nchar or nvarchar. > I am using INFORMIX-4GL 6.03.UC1 and 7.20.UD4 on Solaris 2.6. > In dbacces it works fine. > Is it any limitation or bug 4gl? It's a limitation of 4GL, which doesn't understand many of the new concepts of 7.x servers. You have to PREPARE your statement and then EXECUTE it, that should work since 4GL doesn't touch the string to be prepared, it is processed by the database engine. HTH, Richard -- +--------------------------+------------------------------------------+ | Dr. Richard Spitz | INTERNET: spitz@ana.med.uni-muenchen.de | | EDV-Gruppe Anaesthesie | Tel : +49-89-7095-6110 | | Klinikum Grosshadern | FAX : +49-89-7095-6420 <-- NEW!!! | | 81366 Munich, Germany | GSM : +49-172-8933578 | +--------------------------+------------------------------------------+