Re: informix and oracle

In article <34B413F1.25E@bloomberg.com>, "Art S. Kagel" <kagel@bloomberg.com> writes >Nigel Gall wrote: >> >> At 01:33 PM 1/6/98 EDT, Grampa Art wrote: > >> >I have been working with database server products for over 125 years... > | >> Man, now I know why I took most of what you said as the gospel!-+ > >> You had database experience even before the darn things were invented!! :) >> (do you still have your first abacus?) > >No. I do have my first sliderule though. > >My first database was a collection of marked stones in a basket! Talk >about hash buckets! > >Art S. Kagel Buckets.. back when I started we didn;t have buckets, material technology hadn't even started mate. Planet Earth was just a pipe dream, I started with quantum singularities. Of course two of them collided and you see there was this Big Bang... -- David Williams Maintainer of the Informix FAQ Primary site (Beta Version) http://www.smooth1.demon.co.uk Official site http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html I see you standin', Standin' on your own, It's such a lonely place for you, For you to be If you need a shoulder, Or if you need a friend, I'll be here standing, Until the bitter end... So don't chastise me Or think I, I mean you harm... All I ever wanted Was for you To know that I care