Re: Informix Comparison

Laura Green wrote: > > I am considering hiring a database developer with an Oracle, Access > development background. However, the database this person will be > working on is Informix. Will the Informix be easy enough to pick up > given his existing background? > > Thanks for your thoughts on this. > > Laura The critical component is the person you are hiring. High intelligence accompanied by good associative cognition and a thorough understanding of relational theory, SQL, etc. will put the candidate in a better position to help you than a dud(e) with a nominal degree of experience on a particular database. But then, I'm the person who thinks (still) that Quel is a far superior implementation of a relational language than SQL. I remember when SQL was a hack to provide a "dummy's" interface to System R at IBM - SQL supposedly stood for Simplified (or Simple) Query Language... Ach, well I ramble on. -Bill Boyle