ANSI & Intergraph RIS continued...

RIS (Relational Interface System) >code change. In order to acheive this level of functionality, >Intergraph needed to come up with some level of consistency >among the various database vendors that would allow this scheme >to work. ANSI-mode was the solution. This mode ensures some >level of interoperability between the various database vendor's >engines through a common set of SQL rules. Hope this helps >in providing an understanding as to why RIS is what it is. You are correct, but now we are also supporting non-ansi mode for Informix databases. And with a business case, we will gladly support non-ansi in other arenas as well. But non-ansi support for Informix was our first priority for the "Non-ansi" RIS. In addition the RIS development products, do allow for non-ansi (database specific) datatypes, and commands, but of course, if you make any (database) specific coding, expect the portability of the code to become an issue. Ken Hovanes RIS Server Development -- ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo o o Ken Hovanes o o This message contains 78% o Intergraph Corporation o o post-consumer electrons. o (205) 730-3781 o o o khovanes@ingr.com o ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo