Re: Oracle is KILLING INFORMIX...

Stuart Cracraft wrote: > > I spent several years as DBA of a variety of Oracle databases and > now with similar duties on an Informix database. > > With Informix regularly crashing due to corrupt indexes on tables, You may have years of experience on Orable, but you are certainly a newbie on Informix. > locking out users due to lengthy checkpoints (this is the default of > Informix), You must read all of Oracle manuals, but you certainly have not touch the very basic book on Informix datbase administration. You probably did not even read Informix release notes when you installed Informix. This is probably why your informix database crashed. We have an Informix database on production for over a year without a single problem. > and other similar problems, Please be more specific. I also heard "rumors" that Oracle is declaring Chapter 11. Do you believe that? > and having seen that Oracle > never had these problems, I'd hardly say that Informix is superior. > > Oracle definitely has the better and more reliable product. I have talked to many indepedent consultant specilized in Oracle. They all warned that "do not use BLOB, because there are a lot of bugs in Oracle." What is your explanation on dealing with BLOB during your years of experience with Oracle? Chao