Re: Q: Informix Courses vs Manuals

In <Pine.A32.3.91.960103104410.19194A-100000@acs4.acs.ucalgary.ca> Kirstie Anna Fisher <kafisher@acs.ucalgary.ca> writes: > >Hi, > >We just recently got a SE/4GL pacakge and I'm looking into the education >courses offered by Informix. > >I've read a bunch of stuff from the manuals that they sent and am working >through 4gl by example. I've created a database and populated it as well >- and have run various interactive SQL commands on it. > >SO, my question is, is it worth taking the following courses? >Relational Database Design >Structured Query Language >Developing Applications Using INFROM<IX-4GL >INFORMIX-SE Administration >Advanced INFORMIX-4GL Development > >My feeling is that I can skip the Advnced 4Gl course until I start doing >a lot more complicated kinds of things. >I looked at the description for the Databse and SQL ones and they look >pretty simple so I figure I'll skip those too and just take the >Developing ... 4GL one and the Administration. > >Can anyone compare the courses to the manbuals shipped with the software? > >Thanks >Marc >marc@mail.pamco.com (different from the above address) > Any training with hands-on availablity is better than sitting there reading a manual, having questions in your head and not being able to ask them to a qualified instructor. I recommend you take the class(es). jsjr