Re: NASA/Need Opinions On Informix

In article <1992Apr1.004053.1917@donner.SanDiego.NCR.COM> rayn@otl.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Ray Nieto) writes: > >rich@convergent.com writes: > >> >>barrydm@dryden.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mark Barry) writes: >> >>>We are going to be transferring some telecommunications data base software >>[text deleted} >>>..., can anyone express opinions and/or experiences with Informix? >> > ...<text deleted>... > >>Personally, I use a mix for my projects which I manage. If you need to >>go the transaction processing route, you can implement the /T standard >>which both Oracle and I believe Sybase now support. ^^^^^^^^^^^^ > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Huh? I believe >you are referring to the X/Open XA Specification which was adopted in >December, 1991 as a Common Application Environment (CAE) Specification by >X/Open. This specification defines the interface between a Transaction >Manager and a Resource Manager (like a database) in the X/Open >Distributed Transaction Processing environment. > >I believe that Informix, Oracle, and Sybase have announced support >of this standard. Thus, they will work with any Transaction Manager >product which also complies to this standard. TOP END, the transaction Informix 5.0 is XA compilant. Oracle and Sybase are working on it. /T that was referenced above is the Tuxedo transaction monitor product from AT&T USL. Mike -- TSS - Eastern Region/Anywhere Cobol Calls(tm) Office: (813) 281-4682 Speed dial: 6014 Fax: Office++ map@sequent.com ..!uunet!sequent!map