Re: Really Basic Question

Mark D. Stock wrote: > > Billy Wheeler wrote: > > > > On 17 Oct 97 at 15:48, james.woodger wrote: > > > > > What is the name of Informix's database language (the one that is > > > used to write triggers and stored procs)? > > > > SPL -- Stored Procedure Language > > > > Pronounced "sippel" > > Is Roger back? :-) > Not to quibble over sippel but: I believe Rogers name is simply Sippl. > It depends on how you WANT to pronounce it. It's most commonly > pronounced "ess pee ell". :-) > more to my liking.. :-) BTW, there's an interesting footnote in the Axe--er Ask the Experts transcript with regards to SPL, getting back to the topic. :-) (located at iiug.org) Basically, the future of the somewhat limited SPL from Informix is limited. The recommendation is to use Java with the engine, provided we ever SEE the engine that supports it, Universal Server. Informix people mentioned they did not want to improve the SPL language in light of the ORDBMS world we're all anxiously waiting for, and IUS. There's also a mention in one of the white papers at informix.com about the benefits of in-engine processing as opposed to ORBs, which is what Visigenics is all about, and Roger, who I believe is head of them. Informix just made a big partnership with Visigenics too. Very interesting. Anyway, hope this helps, :-) Tim > Cheers, > -- > Mark. > > +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ > |Mark D. Stock - Informix SA http://www.informix.com |//////// /| > |mailto:mdstock@informix.com FAQ http://www.iiug.org |///// / //| > | +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| > | Tel: +27 11 807 0313 |If it's slow, the users complain. |/// / ////| > | Fax: +27 11 807 2594 |If it's fast, the users keep quiet.|// / /////| > |Cell: +27 83 250 2325 |Therefore, "No news: travels fast"!|/ ////////| > +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+ -- Tim Schaefer \\\\|// tschaefe@mindspring.com 6 6 -------------------------oOOo---( )---o00o---------------------- http://www.inxutil.com - My Ezine http://www.informix.com - Informix Software Inc. http://www.iiug.org - International Informix User Group/FAQ news://comp.databases.informix - Newsgroup for Informix Users ================================================================