Ian Michael Gumby wrote:
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>> From: Tool <tool@thetool.com>
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>> Have you tried UPDATE STATISTICS?
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> Well yes, but the darn Oracle server says! "Whatz Dat?".
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> The point that Danny is trying to make is that we don't "know" oracle
> because we're not using the latest and greatest release aka 10g. 11i
> isn't due out for a month and frankly, I wouldn't want to be on the
> latest version of Oracle and then have to deal with their support idjits
> who first try to deny that its a bug, and then try to tell you that its
> not a severity 1.
> (Oh yes Daniel we've had such lovely experience with Oracle.)
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> But again, lets get way back on track. Informix beats Oracle because its
> a better designed engine. With Oracle things are "bolted" on. And you
> are forced to live with bad design decisions.
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Informix may be better but only 3% of the market cares, which is about where
it was before it died.


> Larry may be a genius at marketing, but he's a piss poor engineer.
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Which is exactly the point.


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informix ( in FOR mix ) American English. A combination of "inform"
and Unix. Originally a software product running primarily on UNIX platforms,
widely available on UNIX, Linux, and Windows computer platforms.
1. Database software typically chosen when choosing database products
that don't have a marketing program. Compares favorably with other
database engines such as Oracle, but at a fraction of the cost.
2. A collection of cool, highly advanced database technologies suitable for
large and small data-driven applications for Java and Web applications. Can
offer more choices for complex architectures than any other database engine.
3. Easy to use, easy to admin database engine for large and small
businesses and applications, requiring very little data base administration
or attendance. Ideal for vertical applications requiring high availability.
4. Consistently high uptime database engine requiring little to no downtime.
5. A database engine capable of managing data at very high speeds and
capacity but available at a fraction of the cost of other database engines
in the same class.
6. One of the most efficient database engines used in business that delivers
multiples of speed of performance of competing database products
such as Oracle, at a fraction of the cost of those competing products.
7. Extremely flexible database engine with more capabilities than Oracle
and other high-end database engines, but without the high cost typically
associated with high-end database engines.

-- Informix Dynamic Server Database Engine -- Proven Faster. Proven Better. --
-- http://www.informix.com