| Title: | DEC Rdb against the World |
| Moderator: | HERON::GODFRIND |
| Created: | Fri Jun 12 1987 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Feb 23 1995 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1348 |
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Help!! I have a customer who develops and sells software using Ingres. He wants to convert all his and his customer's applications to Rdb and has asked me for some justification for the conversion so he can sell his customer on the idea. Is there any documentation out there on the benefits of Rdb espically over Ingres? And documentation on the conversion process from INGRES to Rdb? My customers concerns include the following: - Is this generally a painful conversion? - Can they develop C code with Rdb? - Is Rdb simple for the end user? Also is there any comparison to Rally VS Ingres' 4gl available. They do not like Ingres' 4gl at all and are interested in the 4GL offerings for Rdb. Thanks in advance for your help. Sue
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| 693.1 | Pointers to information | CIMNET::BOURDEAU | Rich Bourdeau CIM Product Marketing | Thu Jul 19 1990 22:06 | 14 |
Here are some pointers to additional sources of information concerning
your problem:
1. Mike Booth's INGRES Competitive Fact Sheet.
NOVA::PM01:[BOOTH.PUBLIC]INGRES_COMPETITIVE.PS
2. Digital's relational database on Ultrix is Ultrix/SQL (alias Ingres)
Digital will be selling translators that convert C, Fortran, and
Ada programs using VAX SQL to Ultrix/SQL and Ultrix/SQL to VAX
SQL. these translators have been announced, and I believe that
they are curently in field test. Contact the product manager Abe
NOVA:: Mathew.
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| 693.2 | BIGUN::PHILLIPS | Blair Phillips, SI, Canberra, Oz | Fri Jul 20 1990 02:48 | 21 | |
>- Is Rdb simple for the end user?
>
>Also is there any comparison to Rally VS Ingres' 4gl available.
>They do not like Ingres' 4gl at all and are interested in the 4GL offerings
>for Rdb.
Rdb is just the database engine. It does not include any 4gl or
end-user query tools. (Unless you want to use interactive SQL.)
DECdecision, Teamdata and Datatrieve are possible Digital products for
end-users.
There are a *large* number of 3rd party 4gl's and end-user tools
available to work with Rdb. This is strong advantage for Rdb relative
to Ingres or Oracle.
The BEAGLE::RALLY_COMPETITION notes file has a lot of information on
these 3rd party tools.
Those with most credibility seem to be SmartStar, Powerhouse, FOCUS and
Uniface.
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