Re: Info. on Informix Universal Server

A friend pointed out that I was not clear in the previous message. I was speaking about vendor created DataBlades that need to interface directly with the data, not user-created DataBlades or many of the more straight-forward third party DataBlades (not that they are any less useful). A DataBlade to implement a complex type or function that does not include secondary access methods and other low-level data functions does not need to be difficult or complex. Sorry for any confusion. Tanya Zimmerli On Thu, 01 May 1997 14:24:39 GMT, tanya@pls.com (Tanya Zimmerli ) wrote: > >From my experience, the biggest problem with both Illustra and IUS >DataBlades, especially low-level blades like text, is that they >require a major joint effort, in development, maintenance and customer >support, between the third-party organization and Informix to ensure >that the integration works correctly with the server. This level of >support requires a significant commitment from both parties. Without >a strong level of commitment from both parties, data corruption and >server crashes could be a problem -- just as it would be if Informix >was not committed to their servers. > >Please do not get me wrong -- I strongly believe in the Informix >Universal Server and DataBlade technologies. But, they are complex >technologies and therefore require complex solutions. > >