Hello all, Teiid 7.7 CR1 is now available - http://teiid.blogspot.com/2012/02/teiid-77-cr1-posted.html. The pace of fixes and features, including the backports of the comparable lob and padded comparison logic, increased for this CR. Please have a look before the final release which is still expected to be on the 23rd. The Teiid Team