Re: Informix vs. Oracle

Devan Dewey wrote: > VLDB scenarios. Here, the features speak for themselves, and each has > it's own set of advantages. If you are building huge databases, then > understand your problem, and evaluate the engines with your goals in > mind. The choice should be obvious - there's no real winner. > > Personally, I would choose Informix for small databases - less than 10 > GIG - Oracle for medium databases - 10 to 100 Gig - and then I'd have to > make a the choice I describe above. (In this statement I am talking > about gigabytes of data rows, not the DB size after you add indices.) > > Just my 67 cents. > > -- > Devan F. Dewey > devan@pobox.com > http://pobox.com/~devan Boy! Talk about inflation! ;-) Actually, in the UNIX world, Informix has the edge with the 8.X line of XPS (Share nothing) Distributed databases. Informix also has the edge in the 9.X line too. While someone pointed out the deficency in SPL, keep in mind that in the next generation of product, you have Java as an SPL instead of SPL. Currently you have C available. IMHO, it is better to use C or Java for stored procedures than trying to write an SPL . -Mikey -- #include <std_disclaimer.h> /* Mike Segel (MS385) */ #include <No_Spam.h> #ifdef OFFENDED_BY_CONTENT The author takes no responsibility for this post. Any resemblence to a coherent rational thought is purely coincidence. -The Management. #endif ***************************** Due to AGIS's Refusal to Act Responsibly We are blocking all of their domains at the packet level. This block will exist until AGIS modifies their policies to conform to existing RFCs and net community standards. We encourage all ISPs and domain holders to do the same. *****************************