Re: searching columns with lots of text

2001-08-13 Thread Tonu Samuel
On 13 Aug 2001 21:11:21 -0700, Michael Collins wrote: > Is there a common approach to searching within text columns that > contain fairly large blocks of text (30,000 - 65,000 characters)? Is Oh NO! Sorry, I messed my mail folders. Please forget about my previous mail :( -- For technical sup

Re: searching columns with lots of text

2001-08-13 Thread Tonu Samuel
On 13 Aug 2001 21:11:21 -0700, Michael Collins wrote: > Is there a common approach to searching within text columns that > contain fairly large blocks of text (30,000 - 65,000 characters)? Is > the recommendation, simply don't do it or is there some sort of > workaround? I suppose one can sear

searching columns with lots of text

2001-08-13 Thread Michael Collins
Is there a common approach to searching within text columns that contain fairly large blocks of text (30,000 - 65,000 characters)? Is the recommendation, simply don't do it or is there some sort of workaround? I suppose one can search within these columns using the LIKE and % wildcards and ris