Re: intelligent database system

louis leung <louis@hknet.com> wrote: :can anyone tell me how intelligent database system can be used as a tool :for developing an estate rental application in complex business :environment. Yes. If you are an end user, buy a standard application for the purpose. If there is no such application available, find the following team. If you are a developer intending to compete developing standard applications for this market, assemble a very small team of highly skilled developers, preferably including someone who know a lot about the bussiness. Then make every one learn the bussiness better than anyone else, including those who run such bussinesses. Then develop the best application for the market. In all cases be extremly carefull trying to implement an inhouse solution. Whether you use your own people or consultants you can't possibly create an application to the standards set by a team as described above. If your bussiness is very specialized (very small market for a standard application) you may have to go this route anyway. Be prepared to pay the high costs for it. Nils.Myklebust@idg.no NM Data AS, P.O.Box 9090 Gronland, N-0133 Oslo, Norway My opinions are those of my company The Informix FAQ is at http://www.iiug.org