Re: What is Informix SQL for?

Posted in 1991

Walt Hultgren {rmy} — Tue, 8 Oct 91 10:55:13 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Path: emory!wupost!uunet!trac2000!das From: das@trac2000.ueci.com (David Snyder) Newsgroups: comp.databases.informix Message-ID: <1082@trac2000.ueci.com> Date: 7 Oct 91 16:13:37 GMT References: <1991Oct06.220851.8889@osh3.OSHA.GOV> Organization: UE&C - Catalytic in Philadelphia, PA In article <1991Oct06.220851.8889@osh3.OSHA.GOV>, chip@osh3.OSHA.GOV (Chip Yamasaki) writes: > We have Informix SQL 2.10 running on an SCO SysV.3.2.2 system. What I'd > like to know is: Why would anybody buy Informix SQL alone? For some companies, "perform" and "ace" are sufficent. While reading an Informix sales brochure, I learned that Domino's Pizza uses Informix for their database needs. Out of 350+ screens/reports, less than half a dozen were done with Informix-4GL, the rest were all perform/ace. My wife's company has ~40 screen/reports... only 2 screens required Informix-ESQL/C, every thing else is perform/ace. DAS -- David A. Snyder @ UE&C - Catalytic in Philadelphia, PA UUCP: ..!uunet!trac2000!das INTERNET: das@trac2000.ueci.com