Re: Informix 10 vs Oracle 10g

DA Morgan drunkenly dribbled: > > Wether that is true or not it won't affect the survival or demise of > Informix. Informix is soon to join the ranks of other "they were once > well loved" databases: For example Pick which can still be purchased. > We have one company here in Seattl still using it to build grocery > store inventory systems. "Whether". "For example,". "Seattle". Stay off the Buckfast when you're posting. -- Bye now, Obnoxio "C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien ` dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule" - Coluche did i mention i like nulls? heck, i even go so far as to say that all columns in a table except the primary key could/should be nullable. this has certain advantages, for example, if you need to insert a child record and you don't have a parent row for it, just do an insert into the parent table with the primary key value (everything else null), and voila, relational integrity is preserved. but this is, admittedly, a bit controversial among modellers. --r937, dbforums.com sending to informix-list