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From: jkrueger@dgis.dtic.dla.mil (Jon)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Questions on Ingres
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Date: 8 Jan 90 22:49:33 GMT
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joe@athena.mit.edu (Joseph C Wang) writes:

>Is anyone working on a X11 frontend for Ingres?

Yes.  Ingres (the company).  Doubtless also others, such
as builders and integraters of CASE toolsets.

>Can version 6.0 work with UNIX?

Yes.

>Is there a way of getting Ingres 5.0 to fill the entire screen if it's
>bigger than 80x24?

Yes, edit ~rtingres/files/termcap.  There is no flexible way, such
as would handle a window resize.

>Are there style guides for ABF applications?

The Ingres (the company) course notes.  None other I know of.

>What the best way of teaching Ingres?

Develop a small application using strictly query language.
Then show QBF then ABF on the same application.  If appropriate
then show embedded query language, comparing the cost/benefits
versus OSL.  Note that this isn't the best way of learning Ingres,
which is probably Ingres (the company)'s courses.

>Is there anyone at MIT working with Ingres that I can bug with questions
>like these?

No they're all at the X conference.  See you there!

-- Jon
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