Progress/Ingres vrs Informix

Hi David! I've been looking for a hands on experience advice regarding pros and cons of Ingres or Progress compared to Informix. Costa Rica no longer has an official Informix representative, so we are looking for alternatives other than Oracle or SQL Server since Oracle is just too expensive and has terrible support here and the other seem to be just a Baby Engine compared to Informix. I will appreciate your help and comments on this regard. At 06:37 PM 29/10/97 +0000, you wrote: }In article <EI78qu.4vB@cee.hw.ac.uk>, Jiang Lu <jiang@cee.hw.ac.uk> }writes }>Hi, there, }> }>In Ingres, for each table, it may be exist in four types of data orgnisations, }>their heap, hash, isam, btree. In addition, indexes can be created for other }>attributes as one of these four types. }> } Yes, I used to do Ingres as well. Informix however only has B-tree. } }>I am reading an Informix book now. it does not address this issue very clearly. }> }>can any one tell me : }> }>what type data orgnisations Informix can have ? }>what indexing methods could be build for each table ? }> }>Thanks. }> }>Jiang } }-- }David Williams } } -- Gustavo Izurieta sico@gotec.com