Re: Top Databases Used

Posted in 2000

Obnoxio The Clown — Mon, 08 May 2000 23:36:19 BST — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

From: "Art S. Kagel" <kagel@bloomberg.net> > >To be fair I have always wanted a TRUNCATE command like Oracle has, OH! I >forgot we got that in 9.20! But there I go again, please someone stop >me before I reproduce about a fourth of the Informix manual set! Oh yeah, >did I mention a set of manuals that one can actually USE for something >other >than to squash bugs? You can sort out bugs with the Oracle manuals? That's pretty impressive. And none of us got into the elegance of the extensibility of 9.20, compared to Oracle's clunky design, either... ;-) ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

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Art S. Kagel — Tue, 09 May 2000 10:28:22 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > > From: "Art S. Kagel" <kagel@bloomberg.net> > > > >To be fair I have always wanted a TRUNCATE command like Oracle has, OH! I > >forgot we got that in 9.20! But there I go again, please someone stop > >me before I reproduce about a fourth of the Informix manual set! Oh yeah, > >did I mention a set of manuals that one can actually USE for something > >other > >than to squash bugs? > > You can sort out bugs with the Oracle manuals? That's pretty impressive. No I mean toss it on the floor the flatten those armor plated NY water bugs! > And none of us got into the elegance of the extensibility of 9.20, compared > to Oracle's clunky design, either... ;-) True. Art S. Kagel