> > make text a blob datatype (maybe storing <= 8k row with tuple, >=8k in blob
> > tablespace)
>
> Hmmm.
I know Informix has 2 BLOB-types "text" and "binary"
but I do not think we should change the meaning of keyword "text" too
much.
An idea to think about:
if text fits within a tuple make it varchar-alias (as it works now)
if text is larger make it a blob.
Or simply call text-BLOBs "textblob" of something like that.
What does SQL-92 say about BLOBs anyway?
regards,
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Göran Thyni, sysadm, JMS Bildbasen, Kiruna
