Re: VARCHAR2 storage on a page

From: Pablo Sanchez <pablo_at_dev.null>
Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 14:08:11 -0600
Message-ID: <VxWB8.250$m5.53522@news.uswest.net>

"Daniel Morgan" <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message news:3CD8177A.39ED8EA_at_exesolutions.com...
> But this might be a good time to point out that much of your
> experience with Informix will likely lead you to make assumptions
about
> Oracle that are not valid. And those assumptions can lead to corrupt
data,
> lack of scalability, and other less than innocuous problems.

Would you expand on the above? In particular, what Informix experiences will likely lead to invalid assumptions about Oracle? Also, which assumptions can lead to corrupt data, etc.

Thx!

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