Re: Does Informix Provide Poor Product support ???

Ade Barkah (mbarkah@slate.mines.colorado.edu) wrote: : David Harold Lipschitz (David@lipdav.demon.co.uk) wrote: : ... : : And although Oracle is more expensive and more difficult to support : : and potentially slower than Informix, it has a much richer SQL command : : set. I can write single SQL statements in Oracle that require : : hundreds of lines of I-4GL code. ... : Just curious... how many Informix SQL lines would it take to : do the same job ? : -Ade Barkah AN even more interesting statement: Give one example of a single sql statenemt in oracle that would require hundreds of lines of I-4gl code. (Since 'hundreds' means > 100 I assume you're exagurating to make your point, so how about the longest one you can think of.) I'd really like to see this because I might consider changing to oracle if this is _really_ the case. -- gburnore@garys.arasmith.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- How you look depends on where you go. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | '۳''''''۳''''''''''''' Gary L. Burnore | '۳''''''۳''''''''''''' Director, Programming & Development | '۳''''''۳''''''''''''' Myers Information Systems, Inc. | '۳ 3 4 1 4 2 ''' 6 9 0 6 9 ''' | Official Proof of Purchase ==========================================================================