Re: Informix vs. Sybase vs. Oracle vs. (gasp) MS SQL Server

Anthony Mandic (no_sp.am@agd.nsw.gov.au) wrote: <snip> : I go into a store and make an electronic purchase. Being : a programmer I also know what else they do (recording my : personal details for stats tracking and mail lists etc.). : If I know this, why don't you? Maybe because I know the difference between "assuming" and "knowing". You think you know what's going on under the covers just because you can see the color of the bedspread? "Being a programmer I also know...." What hubris. This thread seems to be pointing out the difference between grizzened veterans who've seen the real world and admit that it's not perfect and the bright-eyed, ivory tower types who can take one look at a complicated system, apply their favorite religion/demagoguery to it, and instantaneously come up with the one and only right answer. : -am -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Lumbley(jlumbley@netcom.com) author of: "INFORMIX DBA Survival Guide" Slaving away on "INFORMIX DEBUGGERS Survival Guide", available early 1998 from Prentice Hall/Informix Press. If you have debugging tips, tools, or ideas to share, please send me some e-mail. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------