Re: Universal Server

Michael Gould <mgould@glup.eleinf.uv.es> wrote: :Hello. :I am surprised not to have seen discussion, at least during the past few :weeks that I've been looking, of the Universal Server product. :Any (beta) users wish to comment on what's so special about it? Is it :better than "pure" odbsm on the market in any special way? I am not a user and would also like too here from anyone out there. However from all my readings: If you plan to do any kind of querying on your data Universal Server is not only better than the "pure" odbms's, it seems to me to be the only way to go. Although the "pure" odbms's sertainly have their place and are very usefull for a series of purposes, doing navigations between objects isn't my idea for serious querying like you can in an ORDBMS. (Some of the "pure" odbms's have added other querying facilities, so it isn't allways this clear cut.) There are other differences of course. :We are thinking of acquiring it for multimedia (including spatial) :database work. :Anyone? Hopefully someone that have experience will post soon. 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