Re: World's No.1 SQL server!! PostgreSQL defeated Oracle, MS SQLserver, DB2, Sybase, Interbase....!!!!

On Mi' 15 Nov 2000 23:02, Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > From: "Martin A. Marques" <martin@math.unl.edu.ar> > > > > >Postgres is the short of PostgreSQL. Any way lots of new features will be > >added to the 7.1 version, which you can download a pre-beta version with > >cvs > >now to check the code (if you want!). The 8K per-tuple will be over, new > >optimization will be added, new backup (with logs) will be added and > >ofcourse > >vapor-ware. There is a TODO file if you would like to know more about it. > > > >And by the way, I have had really bad experience inserting stange > > caracters in a TEXT blob using Informix. Advise from Obnoxios: "put it in > > a BYTE blob type". Not the best idea I think. Where is the integrity > > check? > > Jesus, I didn't realize I was Informix's official spokesman. Dammit, > where's my paycheck, Informix? Ohhhh!! You even want to get payed? Jee. > >On PostgreSQL I had no problem at all inserting this caracters. > >Locale is much more improved in PostgreSQL than it is in Informix. > >But I still think Informix (specially the ON-Line) wins. Still, I don't > > see a > >good future with Informix. > > Does that mean you'll be moving over soon? I hope so! The bad news (for me) is that the decisions are made by people that are over me, but don't have much of an idea (there idea is to put everything un Informix under Windows2000). Hopefully bad ideas sooner or later fall aparte. Saludos... ;-) -- "And I'm happy, because you make me feel good, about me." - Melvin Udall ----------------------------------------------------------------- Mart'n Marqu's email: martin@math.unl.edu.ar Santa Fe - Argentina http://math.unl.edu.ar/~martin/ Administrador de sistemas en math.unl.edu.ar -----------------------------------------------------------------