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Re: Data types supported

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From: Craig Stuntz TeamB
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 17:22
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In article <3de3a6bc$1@newsgroups.borland.com>, eddielee@tropicsoft.com 
says...
> Then why is there an INT64 type mentioned in the system tables as a data
> type but not as a data type for columns when creating tables ? 

	You would use NUMERIC(18,0).  INT64 is probably for UDFs, but I 
haven't looked.

> BTW, do you know if Borland
> intends to update the 6.0 .pdf documentation set distributed with 6.5 to
> something more recent or better ?
> 
	The docs have been updated for IB 7.0.  I would not expect 
documentation updates other than the "Release Notes" for minor releases.

	-Craig

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From: Craig Stuntz [TeamB] <cstuntz@nospamplease.com  (but use vertexsoftware to email)>
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Subject: Re: Data types supported
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