Re: DB Comparison - DISAPPOINTING RESULTS

From: Nigel Campbell <nigelc_at_cognos.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 00:35:32 GMT
Message-ID: <1992Nov15.003532.5268_at_cognos.com>


In article <1992Nov12.000714.11609_at_cc.uow.edu.au> gnaimo_at_cc.uow.edu.au (Greg Naimo) writes:
>I recently posted a request for information on comparisons of the
>popular RDBMS products.
>So far I've only received numerous requests for the information from
>other interested parties - but NO comparative info.
>Surely SOMEONE out there has done this work and would be prepared to
>share it with others ??

Well, if you contact the Patricia Seybold Group and *PURCHASE* the UNIX RDBMS Features Comparison Matrix dated Sept 30,1992 (J R Davis) you should get a quick comparison chart for

Informix Online 5.0
Ingres 6.4
InterBase 3.2 (soon to be 3.3)
Oracle 7
Progress 6
Sybase 4.9

It is about 33 pages long in tabular format. Most vendors keep such a list for their own use (we do), given how hard/long it takes to keep it up to date, I doubt that too many will give it away. This is probably the next best thing unless you wanted databases not in the list.

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