FW: Why there is no controlfile in Informix like Oracle ?

"Daniel Morgan" <damorgan@x.washington.edu> wrote in message news:1093731823.325925@yasure... > Madison Pruet wrote: > > > Daniel -- I'm afraid that you're showing circular logic. > > Not at all as I hope you will see. > > > If the backup is encapsulated (rule #1) then the control information is self > > contained in the database backup. > > Exactly. I can't think of any other way to do it. Can you? > > If control information is not able to be > > self contained within the backup, then we are not dealing with a > > sophisticated system, just an overly-complicated one. > > It is if you follow the instructions on how to perform the backup. I > don't think you can count as a backup something done that contravenes > the instructions on how to perform a backup. Can you? >Why should the user have to follow a lot of instructions to back up the >system? Is Oracle really that complicate to administer. Doesn't Oracle >believe in self management? I found this bit interesting. Our company is busy migrating from Informix to Oracle, and employed a new Oracle DBA. He told me the same thing - that Oracle never goes down (crashes) like Informix sometimes does on fatal errors. Apparently Oracle has a separate "oninit" process that handles errors and crashes, and makes sure it keeps running. Something that would have been nice to have in Informix. BUT, I'm still a loyal Informix supporter !! Dirk sending to informix-list