Oracle vs. Informix
From: Steve Chell <steve_at_nezsdc.fujitsu.co.nz>
Date: 1995/12/05
Message-ID: <4a0hub$mec_at_nezsdc.fujitsu.co.nz>#1/1
Date: 1995/12/05
Message-ID: <4a0hub$mec_at_nezsdc.fujitsu.co.nz>#1/1
I come from an Informix background and I was wondering how Informix compares with Oracle. Is there an FAQ which answers this?
Note: I'm not wanting to start an "Oracle is better than Informix" (or vice-versa) debate, but I would like some info as to how the following features compare:
- Development tools. (Does Oracle have a 4GL?)
- SQL syntax - any major differences?
- Table & row locking.
- Transactions. eg, does Oracle support nested transactions?
- Robustness/reliability.
- Backup & restore.
- Any other major differences worth noting.
Thanks very much for any and all assistance.
-- ______________________________________________________________________________ Steve Chell steve_at_nezsdc.fujitsu.co.nz Fujitsu NZ Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand FAX: +64.9.3564851Received on Tue Dec 05 1995 - 00:00:00 CET