RE: Senior Oracle DBA now Learning Informix byRequestofCompany:IThought Informix

>Guys, Guys... > >The original post was serious. > >I hope the original guy is still reading these posts on his thread...... >and is getting a feeling for how easy it is to admin Informix....... we >spend far more time joking around than we do patching/upgrading >informix.... > >Wooo hooooo > LOL... Oh we know. ;-) But we're also serious about the self inflicted damage done by Janet P. et al. There is definitely more to this, but if I told you, I'd have to kill you. ;-) And the fact that IDS is still alive and kicking is a testimate to its viability as a product. Speaking of Oracle ... PL/SQL is clunky. Heck ACE was a lot better... _________________________________________________________________ WIN up to $10,000 in cash or prizes ' enter the Microsoft Office Live Sweepstakes http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/aub0050001581mrt/direct/01/

> Speaking of Oracle ... PL/SQL is clunky. PL/SQL is actually pretty sublime as a language. I don't think the comparison to ACE is accurate. I think ACE was more like the SQL*PLus language extensions in Oracle (which are a little clunky).