Re: Querix. Heard of it?

In article <DLp1LL.KzB@cix.compulink.co.uk>, onlinedbc@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Malcolm Weallans") wrote: >> Somebody has mentioned a product called Querix which allows Informix >> 4GL'sto run over an Oracle database. > > Can't have that now can we? >> >I have heard about this product. If anybody wants more info I can try to >get a contact for them. Basically, QUERIX is a fast 4GL compiler that >compiles code which runs faster against an INFORMIX Database. It also >allows engine portability - but at the cost that all SQL must be standard >ANSI. That in turn rules out MATCHES does it not? Well, sort of. I guess it just uses LIKE instead though. Exactly the same as MATCHES, just with different wildcards: MATCHES LIKE * % ? _ > And that means 4GL >with no CONSTRUCT statement. Or at least, no construct which would >produce MATCHES syntax. Again - I guess it produces LIKE syntax instead. > Does that sound good? If it gives plug-n-play database independance, then it doesn't sound bad. If you have any contact details I'd appreciate them for the FAQ. Cheers, Kerry S ------------------------------------,------------------------------------------ Kerry Sainsbury, kerry@kcbbs.gen.nz | THE INFORMIX FAQ v2.4 Oct 95 Quanta Systems, Auckland | http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/ New Zealand. Work: +64 9 377-4473 | ftp://ftp.iiug.org/pub/informix/faq Home: +64 9 279-3571 | ftp://kcbbs.gen.nz:/ftp/pub/informix/