Re: I-SQL, I-4GL or both?

Martin Berli (berli@switch.ch) wrote: : As I read in a book, Informix-SQL existed long before Informix-4GL. Is there : a reason to still buy both products, or is 4GL all you need? : Are there any advantages from I-SQL over I-4GL? It probably depends on what : one will do with it: generating applications, ad hoc queries,... Martin, as you said: it depends. I wouldn't want to miss both. ISQL is great e.g. for any "quick and dirty" ad-hoc reports etc, which would be too much of a hassle to code in 4GL, while it doesn't provide any procedural elements in its language (just plain SQL). For any more sophisticated applications, I greatly prefer 4GL because it gives much more control and allows you to do many things that just are impossible with ISQL. Regards, Richard -- +----------------------------+-------------------------------------------+ | Dr. Richard Spitz | INTERNET: spitz@ana.med.uni-muenchen.de | | EDV-Gruppe Anaesthesie | Tel : +49-89-7095-3421 | | Klinikum Grosshadern | FAX : +49-89-7095-8886 | | 81366 Munich, Germany | | +----------------------------+-------------------------------------------+