Re: Recommendations? Need image-capable DBMS for Sun

In a recent append, eburger@osf1.gmu.edu (Eric W Burger) writes... >> > eedrjb@teamos.ericsson.se (Russell Bride) writes: >> > All the major DBMSes support images. But none seem to do a particularly >> > good job right now. Of the major DBMSes, Sybase's image support is >> > perhaps the creakiest (at least if you want to _update_ your images :-). > >We found *NO* database that supported images to our requirements. >[Yes, we are a happy Sybase shop, but Sybase doesn't come close. > Prior to Sybase, we "used" Interbase and evaluated Informix.] Sounds like you have made your decision. For others though, try looking at DB2 for workstations version 2.1 (AIX, OS/2, HP, Solaris, NT). Its BLOB support is *far* better than any other RDBMS vendor. You don't even have to take the word of someone who works for IBM: compare the features yourself. Pat