Re: It's incredible

ok guys, please enlighten the rest of us on the problem with the outer join in informix! } } Hi Chris. } } I would be interested in any comments that anyone might have to your message. } Clearly it opens up some major issues. The outer join problem is something } that I was not aware of until the recent messages on this forum. I would agree } with you that this is a major issue since it goes to the heart of the } reliability of the engine. If answers "may be" correct I think there is a } major problem. Since this problem has been confirmed by others in the forum I } would also be interested in any Informix response to this issue. } } Regards, } } Rich } } >The amazing OUTER JOIN bug is so serious } >that I can't believe people just take it in their stride. Someone said - } >it is core code & probably will never be fixed - b-locks - we pay a lot } >of money for SQl - fix it. I'm sorry but I have no simpathy INFORMIX } >shpuld sort out MAJOR problems like this !!!! I have wriiten 200,000 lines } >of INFORMIX code & half (estimate) of my time has been spent getting } >around INFORMIX 4GL & SQL bugs. } >Anyone had similar experience. } } Richard Finkelstein, Performance Computing, Inc. } -- regards, +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | . . | Bob Baskett | | ... ... | Software Engineer | | ..... ..... | Business Systems Integration Group | | .. ... .. | Semiconductor Products Sector | | . . . | Mesa, AZ | | | President, Informix Users Group Of Arizona | | Motorola, Inc. | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Sun 690MP 4.1.3, Online 5.01, 4.10.UD1 Tools, Fourgen v4.10.UC1 | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+