Re: Informix Optimiser: Should I use it?

At 09:34 PM 3/7/96 +0000, Peter Wotherspoon wrote: >This may seem like a strange question, but our software supplier No kidding! >This means that they are effectively bypassing the Informix optimiser >by specifying their own access paths. > >An Informix consultant who has spoken to one of my colleagues (now >sadly departed to work for Sequent) does not seem overly impressed >by the software supplier's approach. I am interested to know whether >ANYONE else thinks it's a good idea. I certainly don't... I'd describe this as quite an astonishing decision, myself. I'd love to know what they're smoking.... :-) -- Cheers, Billy. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- billy.wheeler@pixie.co.za +27 11 803 2151 p.o. box 3463, rivonia, rsa, 2128 +27 83 250 2324 "Have you got it yet?" (c) Kitsch 'n' Sync Productions 1996 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------