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- From: dccrjc9@bpats (David Stockel)
- Newsgroups: comp.databases.informix
- Subject: Re: Update By Name
- Date: 23 Nov 1992 14:08:14 -0500
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- >I was wondering if anyone else thought that having and update by name
- >function (or insert by name) would be worth while. ...
-
- I like the idea. Here's my vote for it.
-
- Something else that might be useful:
-
- CREATE TEMP TABLE tab LIKE rec.*
-
- This could cut down on a lot of redundant definations in my code.
-
- > ... If enough did
- >could we get Informix to at least consider it as an option.
-
- Well, anybody can get a feature request number from tech support. I
- have a couple. However, I found this to be a very discouraging
- experence. A few of my suggestions got lost somewhere along the way.
- Other were decided against, but I was never informed. When I did hear
- the reasons for the negitive decision, I thought they were a little
- weak. It seemed like they didn't really understand my suggestions.
-
- My complaints are that: 1) As far as I can tell, there is no appeal
- process. 2) The user community in general is not consulted about their
- interest in new features. The end result is that I was pretty much
- discourged from submitting feature requests.
-
- Still, I should try and put this into a positive light. Informix execs
- made a big deal at the IWUC about wanting to be the source of all
- database tool. Maybe it is a good time to try again. Speak up netword.
- Get you suggestions in early, and you may be able to affect the design
- of 4GL++.
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