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  1. Xref: sparky comp.databases:7781 comp.databases.ingres:1860 comp.databases.oracle:2183 comp.databases.sybase:295 comp.databases.informix:2393
  2. Newsgroups: comp.databases,comp.databases.ingres,comp.databases.oracle,comp.databases.sybase,comp.databases.informix
  3. Path: sparky!uunet!dcatlas!sethg
  4. From: sethg@dcatlas.dot.gov (Seth Grimes)
  5. Subject: Re: Ingres questions followup
  6. Message-ID: <1992Nov12.031822.9204@dcatlas.dot.gov>
  7. Organization: U.S Dept. of Transportation
  8. References: <11NOV199216120229@stars.gsfc.nasa.gov>
  9. Distribution: usa
  10. Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 03:18:22 GMT
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  12.  
  13. thompson@stars.gsfc.nasa.gov (William Thompson, code 682.1, x2040) writes:
  14.  
  15. >  It appears
  16. >that this is true even on VAX machines, where text files have traditionally
  17. >been restricted to 255 characters per line.
  18.  
  19. Huh?  If there was such a restriction, it hasn't been around in a while.
  20. Perhaps you're thinking about the former limitations of some of the editors
  21. in handling wide lines, which don't (for all practical purposes) exist any more.
  22.  
  23. Seth Grimes, dcatlas!sethg@uunet.uu.net
  24. Automated Sciences Group (U.S. Dept. of Transportation)
  25.