Differences between 7.31 and IDS 2000

We have Informix Online 5.10 with SCO Openserver 5.0.5 (with RAID 5) and we are thinking about upgrade the engine (and RAID 10). What is the right choice: 7.31 or IDS 2000? What are the essential differences between them? Thanks in advance. Gustavo Martinez Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

Gustavo Martinez wrote: > > We have Informix Online 5.10 with SCO Openserver 5.0.5 (with RAID 5) > and we are thinking about upgrade the engine (and RAID 10). What is the > right choice: 7.31 or IDS 2000? What are the essential differences > between them? IDS.2000, version 9.21 and later is based on the 7.31 source base so there is not essential 'difference' between them, however, IDS.2000 adds support for datablades, user defined functions in "C" or optionally Java, user defined indexes, user defined types, sets and other OO constructs, external table definition so you can include access to proprietary data sources in your queries. If you need these features or would like to try to take advantage of them you should get IDS.2000. In addition note that new features are more likely to go into 9.xx than 7.xx in the future though there are no announced plans to abandon the 7.xx product line it may become like 5.xx, fixes only. Art S. Kagel