Re: Informix 5.0 vs. 4.10 vs. 4.00?

Path: emory!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!amdahl!nsc!pyramid!infmx!dranney From: dranney@informix.com (David Ranney) Newsgroups: comp.databases.informix Keywords: Informix database Message-ID: <1992Feb18.003103.25941@informix.com> Date: 18 Feb 92 00:31:03 GMT References: <2545@mixcom.COM> Sender: news@informix.com (Usenet News) Organization: Informix Software, Inc. In article <2545@mixcom.COM> ttvvtt@mixcom.COM (Donald Amby) writes: >We are getting ready to start a new project, based on Informix-4GL, for an >established product that is currently running under 4.00 (and 4.10 on a >parallel effort). I have just become aware of Informix version 5.0, and >we need to make a decision as to what version to commit to? > >Does anyone have experiences with 5.0, and any existing 4.00 or 4.10 >version applications? Since 5.0 frontends aren't out yet, 4.1 is the best you can do for sql, 4gl, etc. I personally work in an environment with 4.1 frontends working against a 5.0 OnLine engine. Since 4.1 has a lot of neat new functionality, I find this a good environment to work in. If you've got a choice, go with 4.1 frontends and 5.0 backends. Just my $0.02