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From: rbp@investor.UUCP (Bob Peirce)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Big fun w/Informix cursors.
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Date: Thu, 23-Jul-87 21:59:59 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 23 21:59:59 1987
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> I've used Informix 3.3 and Informix-4GL, as has my boss at my new job; we
> both prefer Informix 3.3, and he's to the point of actually considering
> switching to UNIFY to keep the C interface:  which, for him, is almost
> blasphemy.

When we went from an Altos 68000 to an Altos 3068 we had no choice.  Standard
Informix wasn't available.  Fortunately, a version of the ALL library for
Informix SQL became available and we were able to get our main data entry
programs running in short order.  Frankly, from the experience we are getting
from 4GL, I am looking forward to rewriting these programs in that language.
I like the idea of being able to combine fairly straightforward database
routines with C functions where required rather than the other way around.
ALL has always been a major pain for me.

When we began the conversion there were three possibilities:  convert
directly with ALL; rewrite the C programs to use ESQL/C instead of ALL;
and begin with 4GL.  We have the whole Informix package, but the idea
of using ESQL/C never excited me.  It looked like a lot of work to end
up with something not much different from what we had.  In the interests
of speed we used ALL with the idea of converting to 4GL later.  This still
seems like a good plan.
-- 
Bob Peirce, Pittsburgh, PA				 412-471-5320
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