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Re: character limitation on query forms

Posted By: Jonathan Leffler
Date: Wednesday, 30 November 2011, at 10:56 a.m.

In Response To: character limitation on query forms (ASHISH JAIN)

On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 01:14, ASHISH JAIN <ashish.jain84@gmail.com> wrote:

> I am trying to query a 4gl screen and putting a multiple field value (let
> say
> order no#) or order with pipe delimiter, I can search with about 156
> characters. An example would be like this in ‘order’ field:
>
>
> 090698746|090698747|091070705|090698894|091022244|091070682|090698834|091070671|091070670|090698892|090698891|090698890|090698893|090698886|090698885|090698884|
>
> It's not allowing me to enter more than 156 characters on screen.

I4GL was first written in the era of 24x80 green screens - rather than
virtual terminals etc. As such, it has some limitations which you might
not expect. Back in the mid-80s, there would not have been an easy way to
fill a 156-character buffer; you might have noticed I4GL doesn't do
horizontal scrolling of fields. The chances are that you are hitting a
firm limit (two times 78, which is the screen width minus two characters
for start/end of field). In which case, there isn't anything much you can
do except make a formal request for the limit to be relaxed - with a
business case required to make it happen. Horizontal scrolling for fields
has been on the list of things that need doing since the mid-90s; it hasn't
happened yet.

My requirement is to enter the above string up to 240 characters.
>

That may not be possible in a reasonable timeframe.

> this is informix 7.3 on unix platform.
>

Is it I4GL 7.3x or IDS 7.3x or both? Neither is current; you should be
aiming to be on I4GL 7.50 and IDS 11.70.

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Messages In This Thread

• character limitation on query forms
  ASHISH JAIN -- Wednesday, 30 November 2011, at 4:14 a.m.
  • Re: character limitation on query forms
    Jonathan Leffler -- Wednesday, 30 November 2011, at 10:56 a.m.
    • Re: character limitation on query forms
      David Zinder -- Wednesday, 30 November 2011, at 11:34 a.m.
    • Re: character limitation on query forms
      Art Kagel -- Wednesday, 30 November 2011, at 1:52 p.m.
  • RE: character limitation on query forms
    Dharmendra Sharma -- Wednesday, 30 November 2011, at 12:29 p.m.

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