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From: mohan@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Mohan Palat)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re.: Ingres vs Informix
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Date: Fri, 6-Mar-87 18:38:42 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar  6 18:38:42 1987
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Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois
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Keywords: Ingres, Informix


>I'd like information on Ingres.  I know that it uses something called QUEL
>instead of SQL; this may be an advantage (cf. ISQL above).  What kind of C
>interface does it have, if any?  How does its speed compare to UNIFY or
>Informix (either 3.30 or SQL), or to Progress?
>
> ++Brandon (Resident Elf @ ncoast.UUCP)


Ingres also has an SQL interface. Therefore, you have the option
of using either SQL or QUEL in your applications. Performance tests 
have shown that Informix performs better than Ingres for small to medium
sized databases. However, Ingres out-performs Informix for applications
with multiple users and large databases. Overall, Ingres (5.0) is said
to perform much better than Informix or Oracle.


Mohan Palat
AT&T Technologies, Inc.