As always, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Whether or not anyone considers Informix to be a 'mainstream' database is not really the issue (for that matter, I am uncertain what you really mean when you say 'mainstream' - I hope this is not a synonym for 'commercial'). All I meant to suggest was that there are alternatives to using Verity which could make a MX / OSX solution a viable and attractive prospect.
If Informix lacks some essential feature Verity possesses, there are a number of other products organizations considering an OSX solution might want to look at as well, especially Postgres and SAPDB. The former is deployed widely in a number of large enterprises I know of, is open source, and the fact it runs natively on UNIX makes it especially attractive. M -----Original Message----- From: Matt Liotta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 5:15 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: CFMX on OSX without VirtualPC ??? There might indeed be databases that support full text indexing of non-ascii text. However, the mainstream databases don't do this without add-ons. For example, Oracle has an add-on that allows you to do full digital asset management. BTW, I don't consider Informix to be a mainstream database. You are welcome to disagree of course. I only consider Oracle, SQL Server, and DB2 to be mainstream databases. Matt Liotta President & CEO Montara Software, Inc. http://www.montarasoftware.com/ V: 415-577-8070 F: 415-341-8906 P: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Haggerty, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 12:40 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: CFMX on OSX without VirtualPC ??? > > Matt - > > My understanding was that Informix supports all sorts of indexes, > including > non-ascii indexes over text content. This feature was central to some of > their contracts with the EU. Also, I seem to remember reading recently > that > postgres was capable of this through various means as of 7.1. > > Are you sure no database supports non-ascii text content searches? > > M > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Liotta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 2:44 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: CFMX on OSX without VirtualPC ??? > > > You can't index non-ascii text content with a database though, while > Verity can. Further, the performance of Verity is much better than that > of a database. > > Matt Liotta > President & CEO > Montara Software, Inc. > http://www.montarasoftware.com/ > V: 415-577-8070 > F: 415-341-8906 > P: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dick Applebaum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 11:31 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Re: CFMX on OSX without VirtualPC ??? > > > > Jesse > > > > Is it more than 20%? > > > > Since 1997, I have been involved with only one site that used Verity > > (Written by another developer). > > > > I found that I can do the text searches that the clients' need/want > > better with database (and a lot less fiddling around) > > > > Dick > > > > On Wednesday, August 21, 2002, at 11:19 AM, Jesse Noller wrote: > > > > >> I suspect that less than 20% of CF sites use Verity. > > >> > > >> Dick > > > > > > > > > Oh! If only that were true! > > > > > > -jesse > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
