×
The internal search function is temporarily non-functional. The current search engine is no longer viable and we are researching alternatives.
As a stop gap measure, we are using Google's custom search engine service.
If you know of an easy to use, open source, search engine ... please contact support@midrange.com.
From: rob@xxxxxxxxx
And Joe, a field that large would not be defined on a D spec. It would
come from a file defined with SQL. :-) Any D specs would use LIKE.
I don't know about that, Rob. Sure, if you're talking about BLOBs and
CLOBs, you're talking about SQL. But not all data used by computers is
stored in SQL databases :).
Varying fields can, for example, be used to FTP a stream file from one place
to another. Another really good use of a varying field is to build XML
streams for web services. In either case, the data would not be coming
directly from a single large SQL field. The buffer would be dynamically
based on data from other places, and then transmitted. In those cases, you
need to define the buffer independent of any database.
Joe
This mailing list archive is Copyright 1997-2024 by midrange.com and David Gibbs as a compilation work. Use of the archive is restricted to research of a business or technical nature. Any other uses are prohibited. Full details are available on our policy page. If you have questions about this, please contact
[javascript protected email address].
Operating expenses for this site are earned using the Amazon Associate program and Google Adsense.
midrange.com
