Re: Is Informix Reliable?

FYI, I have NOT had any problems with SE. We use SE on our development box and run OWS on the runtime system. Both of these systems have be rock solid for the last 6 months. FWIW flaky hardware can cause software to look bad... Steve -- Steven L Cooper Manager, Systems Engineering --------------------------------------- Please reply to NG only, so others may be enlightened... The views expressed here are mine and you can't have them...unless you agree! Kevin Patten <patten@nospam.flclerks.com> wrote in article <34c89ee0.0@webserver.flclerks.com>... > We have found the SE product to be unreliable!!!! Screwed up indexes, > inaccurate row counts.... However, the Online version (7.2x) has been very > reliable from a data integrity standpoint. > The optimizer is psychotic, however there are workarounds. > Warren Zeigler wrote in message <6a8n1h$k76$1@news.xmission.com>... > >I am currently evaluating Informix -vs- Oracle, and would appreciate your > >input. > > > >I have read on a few threads that people have had to unload and re-install > >the database to fix corrupted system tables, indexes, etc.. How often does > >this happen? > > > >Also, how reliable is Informix in client/server code, as compared to > running > >code on the same machine as the server? Are hung sessions rare or frequent? > >I need sessions to be able to stay up between middleware servers and the > >Informix server for months at a time. > > > >Thanks > > > > > > >