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From: ries@trwrb.UUCP (Marc Ries)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Database experiences
Message-ID: <3277@trwrb.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 20-Oct-87 17:16:54 EDT
Article-I.D.: trwrb.3277
Posted: Tue Oct 20 17:16:54 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 23-Oct-87 06:31:11 EDT
References: <1037@cup.portal.com>
Reply-To: ries@trwrb.UUCP (Marc Ries)
Organization: TRW Operations and Support Group
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In article <1037@cup.portal.com> Mark_David_McWiggins@cup.portal.com writes:
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>We bought Informix 4GL after reading the net and seeing no serious 
>flames and on another recommendation, thinking it would at least be 
>suitable for a small project we're doing.  Wrong!  The spec calls 
>for a "browser", with the current record highlighted, and the 
>product doesn't allow for this.  You can highlight fields in a form, 
>but EVERY FIELD gets highlighted if you specify highlighting!  The 
>tech support person was unable to suggest a C workaround, nor could 
>we think of one.
> 
 
 I am not sure how you are attacking  this  problem,  but  it  is
 definitely  possible  to  highlight the current record within an
 Informix 4GL program without causing all of the other fields  to
 highlight *and* with a C routine.

 In  general,  the  Tele-Tech  Support   people   are   glorified
 secretaries.   The  *real*  4GL  people  are  reserved  for  the
 consulting and custom programing jobs.

 The error messages *are* unhelpful.

 I have never had a core dump during the compile  (many  run-time
 dumps, but never during a compile)

 If you can give me a *real* UUCP return address,  I  could  send
 you more info.

-- 
		Marc A. Ries

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