biringer@ANL-MCS.arpa (Dennis Biringer) (11/01/86)
We're getting ready to install a new Masscomp 5700 system and plan on installing a commercial DBMS on it. The systems we are investigating are: EMPRESS/32 UNIFY ORACLE LOGIX INGRES INFORMIX The system will be used to manage a large number of instrumentation readings, calibration data, image and graphics data. Any feedback on these systems, on a Masscomp or other UNIX system, would be greatly appreciated. Please mail responses to: dkb-amos@HAWAII-EMH or biringer@anl-mcs Thanks in advance. -Dennis
Cherry.XSIS@xerox.arpa (11/04/86)
Don't purchase UNIFY if you will be adding time or date+time. It doesn't handle it gracefully and you will have to write an external procedure to do the dirty work for you (use ctime). It also doesn't deal with seconds or fractions of seconds directly. I use UNIFY a lot and it is nice except for that feature. It is also easy to setup input and reports/output. Also, the B-Tree editor is a great asset. B.C. & Zot _ /| \`o_O' ( ) Aachk! Phft! U