Re: development

FYI. Informix Unleashed (out of print) is available online for free at the Macmillan Publishers Personal Bookshelf web site http://www.mcp.com/bookshelf -- Erik Zetterberg A.C.E. Air Cargo Express AB Box 18, SE-19045 Stockholm-Arlanda, Sweden I know naaaathing! (Manuel in Fawlty Towers) Sean Kelsey wrote: > > Neil wrote in message <36e6b9b4.0@news.pacifier.com>... > >I know nothing about Informix but I am curious about this database. How are > Informix databases setup, > >say, for a small to medium sized company? Is it SQL statements? What > programming language is used? > > Where do I begin ( to tell the story of how great a life can be... ) > First of all, there are 2 major engines - Dynamic Server (IDS) or Standard > Engine (SE). SE is a piece of piss ( sorry, cake ). IDS requires a lot more > knowledge of RDBMS's especially if you want to do the job right. If you want > to know a little more about Informix in general, get a book, Informix > Unleashed, as this has an awful lot about Informix engines, development > tools, databases, etc... > > > What are some differences between Informix and other market leaders such > as Oracle? Thanks > > For this answer, you'll have to look through this newsgroup, you just missed > a very detailed and lengthy discussion on the differences between Oracle and > Informix - which I am not going to precis for you !! Alternatively, check > out the Informix FAQ @ www.iiug.org > > Sean