Re: informix SE vs Online 5.x

Richard Spitz writes: |> Udo Blatzheim (udo@ubla.hamm.sub.org) wrote: |> : but it's true that SE is not a relational database and the same is true |> for |> : IMS, RMS and C-ISAM of course. |> |> What??? Please explain why you think that SE is not a relational database. Now of course we at Informix consider SE to be a relational database. However, it fails C.J. Date's "rules" because CISAM provides a non-SQL access to data, and according to the Great Date, that elminates eligibility for "true" relational-databasehood. Dave Disclaimer: These opinions are not those of Informix Software, Inc. ************************************************************************** "I look back with some satisfaction on what an idiot I was when I was 25, but when I do that, I'm assuming I'm no longer an idiot." - Andy Rooney