Re: Informix: First impressions

In article <32036B10.B92_at_siri.com>, "T. M. Gray" <tgray_at_siri.com> writes
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>"*IS*" better is a matter of requirement. If you have a highly
>distributed environment with requirements for trigger based replication,
>Informix *is not* better, as there is no such thing. If you have multi
>processor systems that are used together (not partitioned) it *is* better.
>

  ?? Informix does support distributed databases and trigger based   replication:-

  in a trigger you can do UPDATE mydatabase_at_otherinstance:mytable   where otherstance could be a machine in Japan/France/anywhere.   

>We in our field should try to stop painting with too broad a brush. We
>all have our pet technologies, but we should try to paint a picture of
>technology based on the required focus, not our petting zoo.

 And based on current status of the technology. SO many people talk  about Informix and either describe Standard Engine or Online before  version 7.12.

 OK v7.2 is the latest but it is not available on all platforms and v8.1  is only for Massively Parallel Machines which very few people use.

-- 
David Williams