[comp.databases] ingres and text

burtle@cs.odu.edu (William J Burtle) (06/06/91)

I am new to Ingres, and I am trying to develop a system of 
recording and referencing office memos.  I understand that a
field in Ingres is limited to around 2000 characters; most of
our memos exceed that limit by a lot.  I am looking for advice
on how to deal with text in general.  I suspect I may be able
to do one of two things:  direct a pointer out to a disk file,
or use a 3GL (most likely C) to develop a support program.  
As I said, I am looking for general advice on how to manipulate,
search, and file textual data.  I would appreciate any responses.
 
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Thanks!        Bill Burtle