Re: BLOBs -- MIDRANGE-L

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RE:     Re: BLOBs

>Does anybody have any idea when (if?) IBM will support BLOBs and
>memo fields in DB2?  It's sort of a pain to convert Access or dBase
>files without support for these data types.  In addition, modelling tools
>like ErWin support them, but the 400 can't directly implement them yet.


I think that IBM did issue a statement of direction as part of the 
V4R2 announcement last February that DB2 for AS/400 would be enhanced 
with support for complex objects, which includes BLOBs.

I'd say we may hear/see something 6-12 months from now.

John Carr
EdgeTech
Have Classes, Will Travel


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