Re: C-ISAM: should we use it?

Posted in 1991

Walt Hultgren {rmy} — Wed, 25 Sep 91 11:36:42 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Path: emory!gatech!ukma!rutgers!pyrnj!pyramid!infmx!aland From: aland@informix.com (Colonel Panic) Newsgroups: comp.databases.informix Message-ID: <1991Sep25.021714.24189@informix.com> Date: 25 Sep 91 02:17:14 GMT References: <1991Sep23.042632.4884@redsox.bsw.com> <FSMADJA.91Sep23121136@figment.shearson.com> Sender: news@informix.com (Usenet News) Organization: International Brotherhood of Geeks, Local 619 In article <FSMADJA.91Sep23121136@figment.shearson.com> fsmadja@alfred.shearson.com writes: >I am a C-ISAM user and I am pretty happy with it. The only disapointment is >speed but this not might proper to C-ISAM. >To answer your querstions: > >C-ISAM has all the functionality you need plus much more. >C-ISAM is rock solid so far. >C-ISAM source is not available. Wrong. C-ISAM source licenses are available (for example, several COBOL vendors base their COBOL ISAM files on it). It's priced out of the reach of the average end user, tho... >C-ISAM Documentation is good. >Frank -- Alan Denney aland@informix.com {pyramid|uunet}!infmx!aland "Feel free to hit 15 pound jackrabbits with your Saturn." - Charles Guest