I support Informix on Unix and SQL on NT. If you're looking to run Informix on NT, I can't be of much help. As for SQL vs Informix on Unix, SQL's got Informix beat from an interface perspective but Informix allows you to tune the engine and queries far better. Also, from a scalability perspective, Informix/Unix blows away SQL Server(6.5 and 7.0)/NT 4.0. We'll see about SQL 2000 and Windows 2000.


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Faustina at 10/25/00 12:22:53 PM

Hi all,

Anyone here ever used the Informix database and can give me some differences between Informix and SQL.

One of our users is thinking about purchasing a COTS product that only supports an Informix database. I need to convince the user to evaluate other rival applications that can support SQL and need some arguments in favor of not going with Informix.

Any ideas appreciated,
Faustina