INFORMIX TO ORACLE PLEASE HELP ME
Posted in 1998
In article <6uv670$va7$1@dos.canit.se>, Johan Andersson <jna@carmenta.se> writes >However, Informix has two related shortcomings: >- It does not have multiversioning. True but I'd rather seen the current version and get a lock error otherwise transactions are not atomic... >- The logical log design is theoretically unsafe and inferior to Oracles > rollback segment design. > Pardon??? Explain... >I went to an admin-course on Informix almost three years ago and was then told >that multiversioning was in the pipe-line. I have not seen it yet. > >For most purposes I would still choose Informix, though it is not entirely >technically superior. > >/Johan > -- 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