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

On Thu, 04 Dec 1997 18:07:12 +1000, Anthony Mandic <no_sp.am@agd.nsw.gov.au> wrote: : Now would that be because I've once worked on POS systems, I've : had friends who've worked on POS systems and told me their problems, : I've had friends who've worked on ATM systems and I can recollect their : annecdotes, I've read articles describing issues and problems with said : systems, I've read/done audit reports of said systems or because I've : read the apocryphal reports in newspapers and put two and two together? Please tell me where I can learn how to exactly how a program operates on a database without reading the source. I'd be able to save many many long hard hours. Do you use osmosis? Is there a chant you perform? gburnore@netcom dot com or gburnore@netcom databasix com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- How you look depends on where you go. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary L. Burnore | '۳'''''''ۺ''''''''''۳ | '۳'''''''ۺ''''''''''۳ DOH! | '۳'''''''ۺ''''''''''۳ | '۳ 3 4 1 4 2 '' 6 9 0 6 9 '۳ spamgard(tm): zamboni | Official Proof of Purchase =========================================================================== PGPprint: C63B CF4E 1B71 4D7E C6F8 AF4E 338D 5CB4 KeyID: 0x0F7EDBD9 (RSA) finger gburnore@netcom.com for public key ---------------------------------------------------------------------------