Re: Informix versus oracle

Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > Vincento Harris wrote: > > > Is anyone willing to recommend a good book I can use to start with in > > Informix > > > > As usual your ideas are very welcome > > The manuals, definitely. They're much easier to read than Oracle's. :-) > > Try somewhere off www.ibm.com/informix ... You mean they only use very small words? ;-) All manuals are terrible. The only thing worth discussing is third-party books. -- Daniel Morgan http://www.outreach.washington.edu/extinfo/certprog/oad/oad_crs.asp damorgan@x.washington.edu (replace 'x' with a 'u' to reply)

On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 12:17:15 -0400, Daniel Morgan wrote: > Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > >> Vincento Harris wrote: >> >> > Is anyone willing to recommend a good book I can use to start with >> > in Informix >> > >> > As usual your ideas are very welcome >> >> The manuals, definitely. They're much easier to read than Oracle's. :-) >> >> Try somewhere off www.ibm.com/informix ... > > You mean they only use very small words? ;-) > > All manuals are terrible. The only thing worth discussing is third-party > books. Then you have not read the Informix manuals. They have won awards for clarity and completeness and frankly most of us think they are quite a good source. Art S. Kagel