Re: MS Access -- Informix

>Informix (like most other Unix based databases) is just something that you >cant or are going to have a hard time teaching yourself. Oh yes you can. *I* taught myself. :-p >There are so many, buts and ifs it is crazy. On the contrary, I think that Informix's architecture is very clean and coherent (for an RDBMS). The complexities stem from being able to use it in many different ways. >Actually knowing Access will not do you any good what so ever, most likely >will even be a detriment. Informix is setup completely different from all >other vendors in their approach to the engine that houses the data. I will >be UN-learning SQL Server 6.5 / 7 and Oracle 7.3 for a few more months >probably. On the first part: yep. On the second: eh? How is the way Informix stores data vastly different from Oracle? Even 7.3? ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com