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From: davek@informix.com (David Kosenko)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Why is Oracle better than Ingres
Message-ID: <1990Dec5.180629.11323@informix.com>
Date: 5 Dec 90 18:06:29 GMT
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In article <1338@vision.UUCP> chris@vision.UUCP (Chris Davies) writes:
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>In version 6.x of both Ingres and Oracle (and Informix/Turbo too) you need 3
>or 4 processes running as daemons before you can access any database.  This
>situation is not just true for Oracle.  

	Actually, Informix-Turbo and Informix-OnLine require only 1 daemon
process (tbinit) "before you can access any database".  An engine process
(sqlturbo) is also started when you begin database access, but it is not
technically a daemon as it exists in a 1 to 1 relationship with a front end 
process (and goes away when the front end does).   There are some additional
daemon processes that are optionally run, but they are not needed before
database access can occur.


>Please check your facts before posting!

	Always a wise policy.

Dave Kosenko
Informix Client Services

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