isql vs. dbaccess

A couple people I work with swear that dbaccess has given different results from isql when given the same query. I've never heard of this and believe if it were the case it would have to be a bug. Apparently they believe isql was returning the correct results as they advise against using dbaccess. Has anyone ever heard of this? Was there a bug in dbaccess in an older version of Informix?

Fred G. Mackey wrote: > A couple people I work with swear that dbaccess has given different > results from isql when given the same query. > > I've never heard of this and believe if it were the case it would have > to be a bug. Apparently they believe isql was returning the correct > results as they advise against using dbaccess. > > Has anyone ever heard of this? Was there a bug in dbaccess in an older > version of Informix? If there was a difference, it would indeed be a bug. I don't recall hearing of such a problem, but that could be, in part, an artefact of a flaky memory for the inconvenient. -- Jonathan Leffler #include <disclaimer.h> Email: jleffler@earthlink.net, jleffler@us.ibm.com Guardian of DBD::Informix v2007.0226 -- http://dbi.perl.org/