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From: jsh0@isg300.UUCP (J. Steven Harrison)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: RDBMSs that can handle binary data?
Message-ID: <83@isg300.UUCP>
Date: 3 Jan 89 14:32:52 GMT
References: <157@sunquest.UUCP>
Reply-To: jsh0@isg300.UUCP (J. Steven Harrison)
Organization: Information Systems Group, San Diego, CA
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In article <157@sunquest.UUCP> whm@sunquest.UUCP (Bill Mitchell) writes:
>We have a need for a database that can handle binary data of arbitrary
>length.  We've looked at Oracle, Ingres, Sybase, Informix, and Unify, and Unify
>is the only suitable one we've found thus far.  


I have heard that a new release of Informix is due out that will include binary
data types.  I do not have any of the details though.  I would suggest that 
you give them a call to verify this and also the release date for the 
new version.

-- 
J. Steven Harrison
VP Technical Services 
Information Systems Group Inc.,  San Diego, CA
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