Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-21 Thread Charles Barouch
Jerry, We prefer to call it In-elegant Design and we teach it as an alternative to your view of the UniVerse. END OF THREAD - Move it to U2-Community or let it go. Jerry Banker wrote: So what you are saying is that relational theory, since it is not proven, in essence does not exist.

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-21 Thread Bill Haskett
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dawn Wolthuis Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 7:56 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance On 7/20/07, Anthony W. Youngman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dawn Wolthuis [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes snip

Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-20 Thread Anthony W. Youngman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dawn Wolthuis [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Ummm ... but as Dawn says, a lot of its advocates treat it as a mathematical model - and then use that to try and PREscribe how the world is supposed to work - a mathematical trait if ever there was one! I can't let that one

Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-20 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
On 7/20/07, Anthony W. Youngman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dawn Wolthuis [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes snip Mathematicians prove theories correct, Scientists prove theories wrong. Computer Science is in the business of proving things correct, therefore it can't be

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-20 Thread Jerry Banker
So what you are saying is that relational theory, since it is not proven, in essence does not exist. :-) Jerry -Original Message- From: Dawn Wolthuis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 9:56 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org So, when Date or Codd uses the term

Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-19 Thread Mats Carlid
Anthony W. Youngman skrev: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mats Carlid [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Anthony W. Youngman skrev: At which point, you hit my hobbyhorse ... In the real world ... - relational database theory has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING whatsoever to do with the real world. It's an exercise

Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-19 Thread Don Kibbey
Just looked at the copy of Pick BASIC I have on my desktop and sure enough, the technical editor is Mr. Clifton Oliver. So, he sold at least one of those books. -- Don Kibbey --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/

Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-19 Thread Anthony W. Youngman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dawn Wolthuis [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes When this theory from set theory or predicate logic is applied to data modeling or databases, it becomes applied. So, from a purist standpoint, I'll vote with Wol on this. However, the Computer Science community also uses

Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-19 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
On 7/19/07, Anthony W. Youngman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mats Carlid [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes I really wanted to express two opinions : 1. RDBMS is not more pure maths than Pick.is. It's just a heavily restricted special case of abstract relation theory. It's

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-18 Thread Nick Cipollina
] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance --Not quite so easy to go .net - UniVerse. Well put. This is one of the issues we are running into. We are a .Net shop, and going from .Net to UV has been a challenge to say the least. The primary issue being the overhead associated with access the data via

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-18 Thread Smith, Robert
, Rob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of phil walker Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 4:22 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance Nick, Here, here to your following statements To me

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-18 Thread Charles Barouch
Robert, There is a firmly held belief that if books were available, that we, as a group, are too cheap to buy them. Clif Oliver (who ran this list for 9 years) used to edit a Pick series of O'Reilly. When I contacted Tim O'Reilly about a year ago, proposing new MV books, he said that he'd love

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-18 Thread Jerry Banker
AMEN!! -Original Message- From: Smith, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 8:14 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance Good Morning, I really enjoyed reading this thread. I can honestly say

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-18 Thread Norman Morgan
Are we willing to spend $15 to $50 a piece for a new U2 book? I don't think they'll have trouble finding willing writers. I certainly would be! I'm old-fashioned enough to prefer real books over electronic media. You can read words on paper anywhere, no batteries required.

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-18 Thread Jerry Banker
-Original Message- From: Charles Barouch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 8:58 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance Robert, There is a firmly held belief that if books were available

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-18 Thread Brenda Price
So would I. -Original Message- From: Norman Morgan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 9:58 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance Are we willing to spend $15 to $50 a piece for a new U2

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-18 Thread Bill Haskett
:14 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance Bill, If you are using MV.NET, it has its own connection pooling which is pretty well documented. That being the case, you don't even need to use the UO.NET built in connection pooling. Thanks

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-18 Thread Bill Haskett
-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance Phil: A quick example is I'm trying to find out how their Connection Pool license works. Noone seems to know nor can I find out how this integrates with mv.Net using UO.NET as the connection. I can't find out how

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-18 Thread George R Smith
. george -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-u2- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles Barouch Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 8:58 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance Robert

Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-18 Thread Nancy Fisher
@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 6:14 AM Subject: RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance Good Morning, I really enjoyed reading this thread. I can honestly say that the diversity of experiences and people who comprise this listserv is amazing. And I've found the shared knowledge

Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-18 Thread Cliff Bennett
I'll purchase two! One for each developer. -Cliff - Original Message - From: Brenda Price To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 7:17 AM Subject: RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance So would I. -Original Message- From

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-18 Thread Smith, Robert
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Charles Barouch Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 9:58 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance Robert, There is a firmly held belief

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-18 Thread Mark Eastwood
@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance I was looking at our bookshelf, we have the old series of soft cover manuals from V-Mark on UniVerse and then we have several books on PICK, none of which is new. Our PICK books are from 1985 to 1990 mostly published by TAB

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-18 Thread Robert Kubarych
] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance Lets see I just spent 50.00 for a book on ajax, 80 for a book on real estate accounting, 50 for a book on netbeans. Of course, I would spend money on a book about Pick/U2/mvBasic on Cache. I WOULD however exclude one author even if they gave the book away - so

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-18 Thread Norman Morgan
others. And all together, the total volume eventually sold of U2 books will not reach one-sixty-fourth the level of the pending Harry Potter book. Still, I predict that a fair A safe bet, since the initial U.S. printing is 12 million copies.

Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-18 Thread Brian Leach
Nancy this was discussed in the past at great length! To summarize: When the U2UG was formed, we petitioned for IBM to open up their knowledge sources. The problem is their vars, some of whom do not want their users to get access (and presumably show up how p*ss p**r their support may be). So

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-18 Thread Brutzman, Bill
18, 2007 9:14 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance Good Morning, I really enjoyed reading this thread. I can honestly say that the diversity of experiences and people who comprise this listserv is amazing. And I've found the shared

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-18 Thread Bob Wyatt
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Kubarych Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 12:27 To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance I would pony up for a U2 book. Robert K. Kubarych Network Services Bergen Community College CONFIDENTIALITY

Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-18 Thread Nancy Fisher
@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 9:42 AM Subject: Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance Nancy this was discussed in the past at great length! To summarize: When the U2UG was formed, we petitioned for IBM to open up their knowledge sources. The problem is their vars, some of whom

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-18 Thread Jerry Banker
out the stuff you should already know because I do. -Original Message- From: Brutzman, Bill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 12:07 PM To: 'u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org' Subject: RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance The following eMail is not clear

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-18 Thread Jerry Banker
or there is a problem getting it through IBM. -Original Message- From: Nancy Fisher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 12:45 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance My var retrieved some info on setting up PDF from SB+ report

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-18 Thread David Murray
to be on the cards. .learn and do .excel and share -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nancy Fisher Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 12:03 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance Why doesn't IBM allow

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-18 Thread Dave Davis
to your report, even from character (though it still uses SBClient for file transfer) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nancy Fisher Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 1:45 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-18 Thread Jerry Banker
an application from anyone we are excluded from something that might help us build it better and faster. -Original Message- From: David Murray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 1:10 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-18 Thread Brutzman, Bill
, 2007 2:55 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance So what you are saying is that a shop like ours that has over the years developed everything in-house and the applications are specifically geared to our business and can be changed as our

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-18 Thread Symeon Breen
2pennies Symeon. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerry Banker Sent: 18 July 2007 15:04 To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance AMEN!! -Original Message- From: Smith, Robert [mailto

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-18 Thread David Murray
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerry Banker Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 2:55 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance So what you are saying is that a shop like ours that has over the years

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-18 Thread David Murray
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brutzman, Bill Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 3:43 PM To: 'u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org' Subject: RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance Ditto... Almost everybody using U2 is doing in-house software development. We

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-18 Thread Jerry Banker
- From: David Murray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 3:09 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance Jerry, Do you have currently have access to the knowledgebase? It is possible (as I have had access before

Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-18 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Charles Barouch Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 9:58 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance Robert, There is a firmly held belief that if books were available, that we, as a group

Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-18 Thread Anthony W. Youngman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mats Carlid [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Anthony W. Youngman skrev: At which point, you hit my hobbyhorse ... In the real world ... - relational database theory has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING whatsoever to do with the real world. It's an exercise in pure maths. And You

Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-18 Thread Anthony W. Youngman
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerry Banker Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 8:14 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance I was looking at our bookshelf, we have the old series of soft cover manuals from V-Mark

Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-18 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
with Windows. -Original Message- From: David Murray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 3:09 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance Jerry, Do you have currently have access to the knowledgebase? It is possible

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-17 Thread Anthony Youngman
about the implementation, any benchmark is valid for that one configuration only. Cheers, Wol -Original Message- From: Geoffrey Mitchell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 16 July 2007 19:47 To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance Read Codd

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-17 Thread Nick Cipollina
, 2007 11:22 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance I do understand the advantages to that approach, Nick. But that was also the thinking of those who prepared the current industry benchmarks by locking in on SQL. My concern was that if you

Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-17 Thread Geoffrey Mitchell
I don't have any idea what you are trying to say. A database should be a black box. You put data in and pull data out. The less you have to know about the details of what goes on inside, the better. You can easily benchmark two black box systems that perform the same function (with

Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-17 Thread Mats Carlid
Anthony W. Youngman skrev: At which point, you hit my hobbyhorse ... In the real world ... - relational database theory has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING whatsoever to do with the real world. It's an exercise in pure maths. And You hit my hobbyhorse or rather one of them :-) ... RDMS theory is

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-17 Thread Jerry Banker
@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance I don't have any idea what you are trying to say. A database should be a black box. You put data in and pull data out. The less you have to know about the details of what goes on inside, the better. You can easily benchmark two

Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-17 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance I do understand the advantages to that approach, Nick. But that was also the thinking of those who prepared the current industry benchmarks by locking in on SQL. My concern was that if you specify

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-17 Thread Anthony Youngman
I end up getting badly bitten when that happens... Cheers, Wol -Original Message- From: Geoffrey Mitchell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 17 July 2007 15:58 To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance I don't have any idea what you

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-17 Thread phil walker
16, 2007 11:22 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance I do understand the advantages to that approach, Nick. But that was also the thinking of those who prepared the current industry benchmarks by locking in on SQL. My concern was that if you

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-17 Thread Nick Cipollina
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of phil walker Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 4:22 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance Nick, Here, here to your following statements To me, this is part of the problem that we have in the MV world. We look at how

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-17 Thread LeRoy Dreyfuss
-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance This is one of the reasons that Cache is able to drum up some business from shops that are using Universe, UniData, etc... Cache is very forward thinking, and now with their mvbasic support, a viable option for those

Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-17 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of phil walker Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 4:22 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance Nick, Here, here to your following statements To me, this is part of the problem that we have in the MV

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-17 Thread phil walker
is good and bad practice. Cheers, Phil. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of LeRoy Dreyfuss Sent: Wednesday, 18 July 2007 11:45 a.m. To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance These are interesting

Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-17 Thread Don Kibbey
Interesting thread. Even though I don't really have much to do with UniVerse these days, I still enjoy reading (and learning from) these forums. I've been a long time user of both UniVerse and SQL Server. Developed many things using one, the other or both db's as data sources. I would say

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-17 Thread Nick Cipollina
--Not quite so easy to go .net - UniVerse. Well put. This is one of the issues we are running into. We are a .Net shop, and going from .Net to UV has been a challenge to say the least. The primary issue being the overhead associated with access the data via uo.net. Performance just isn't good

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-17 Thread Bill Haskett
. [sigh] :-( Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of phil walker Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 4:56 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance Leroy, I know IBM are implementing much of these new

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-17 Thread Wally Terhune
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of LeRoy Dreyfuss Sent: Wednesday, 18 July 2007 11:45 a.m. To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance These are interesting comments considering all the tools available with IBM U2 and the many things

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-17 Thread Nick Cipollina
] On Behalf Of Bill Haskett Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 9:49 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance Phil: A quick example is I'm trying to find out how their Connection Pool license works. Noone seems to know nor can I find out how this integrates

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-17 Thread phil walker
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wally Terhune Sent: Wednesday, 18 July 2007 2:31 p.m. To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance Enroll for one of the U2 University events? The detailed agenda

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-17 Thread Bill Haskett
the .NET takes quite a bit of time and requires a lot of patience. :-) Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nick Cipollina Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 6:29 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-17 Thread LeRoy Dreyfuss
Subject: RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance Phil: A quick example is I'm trying to find out how their Connection Pool license works. Noone seems to know nor can I find out how this integrates with mv.Net using UO.NET as the connection. I can't find out how to configure a connection

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-16 Thread Tony Gravagno
David Jordan wrote: Tony One thing, and I may be wrong, is that MV.Net is about accessing the database directly. This puts Multivalue in the same bucket as other RDBMS in performance. David, mv.NET is a suite of three libraries, and there's more than one way to run a program. Specific to

Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-16 Thread Geoffrey Mitchell
Read Codd and Date's rules. Can't remember which, but one of them says the database user is not permitted to know how the database stores the data. In other words, empirical testing is FORBIDDEN. Seeing as empirical testing is *the* sine qua non of science, relational databases are, BY

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-16 Thread Marc Harbeson
To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance How does not being able to know how the data is stored prohibit empirical testing? As long as you can provide inputs to a system and retrieve outputs you can perform empirical tests. -- Geoffrey

Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-16 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Geoffrey Mitchell Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 2:47 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance How does not being able to know how the data is stored prohibit empirical testing? As long as you can provide

Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-16 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
I agree with Geoffrey, Wol. It would not be pretty, but one could presumably build a Nelson-Pick datamodel on top of data stored as relational data are today (easier to put a relational model on PIck since PIck is more fully featured). There is some tight-coupling between the logical and

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-16 Thread Tony Gravagno
Dawn wrote: I'm starting to get that fear of being tossed to u2-community vibe when typing this... Time for some chocolate, perhaps. --dawn I don't think this is a u2-community discussion. I've been contacted by a few people who have found the discussions (benchmarks, web services, and

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-16 Thread Tom Dodds
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Gravagno Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 5:54 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance Dawn wrote: I'm starting to get that fear of being tossed to u2-community vibe when typing this... Time for some chocolate

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-16 Thread phil walker
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Gravagno Sent: Tuesday, 17 July 2007 11:31 a.m. To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance Dawn wrote: I'm starting to get that fear of being tossed to u2

Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-16 Thread Clifton Oliver
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 708-234-9608 Office 630-235-2975 Cell -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Gravagno Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 5:54 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance Dawn

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-16 Thread Tony Gravagno
phil walker wrote: Why do that? As long as the discussion is technical and relates to U2. Personally I agree, but there are times when some discussions fork into technical but very narrow directions. OK, proposal withdrawn, thanks. T --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-16 Thread Nick Cipollina
Of Dawn Wolthuis Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 4:58 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance Yes, agreed. I think if you start with user requirements for services, then have folks design for those requirements according to each environment, that would

Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-16 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dawn Wolthuis Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 4:58 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance Yes, agreed. I think if you start with user requirements for services, then have folks design for those requirements

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-16 Thread David Jordan
IBM AS400 developed a new transaction spec that suited the strengths of their product. We should create on that suits the U2 model. Unfortunately it will not be supported by IBM when it embarrasses DB2 Regards David Jordan --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-15 Thread Theo
] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance Dawn Wolthuis wrote: I searched for some appropriate benchmarks in 2002, but it looked like all industry standards, such as TCP benchmarks would compare apples and oranges unless comparing only SQL-based functionality and performance of SQL-based RDBMS tools

Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-15 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
On 7/15/07, Tony Gravagno [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dawn Wolthuis wrote: I searched for some appropriate benchmarks in 2002, but it looked like all industry standards, such as TCP benchmarks would compare apples and oranges unless comparing only SQL-based functionality and performance of

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-15 Thread Tony Gravagno
Dawn Wolthuis wrote: 5) Do similar tests using common ODBC/OLEDB tools. You will be hard-pressed to get products like OpenQM to participate in that test ;-) There can be useful information with such tests, but if the products are never or rarely used with such tools, then those products can

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-15 Thread David Jordan
Tony One thing, and I may be wrong, is that MV.Net is about accessing the database directly. This puts Multivalue in the same bucket as other RDBMS in performance. An area of efficiency and capability of U2 is in the Basic programs within U2. We need to access those from .Net as we would a

Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-14 Thread Anthony W. Youngman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], David Jordan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes In the realworld we have complex transactions, not always the simple Dr,Cr of a general ledger. A transaction will often involve various business rules and accessing multiple files for checks and process tables. With most

Re: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-14 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
On 7/12/07, Robert Kubarych [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is anyone aware of any performance benchmarks for UniData 7.1? How does it stack up against SQL 2005? Hi Robert -- I searched for some appropriate benchmarks in 2002, but it looked like all industry standards, such as TCP benchmarks would

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-14 Thread Tony Gravagno
Dawn Wolthuis wrote: I searched for some appropriate benchmarks in 2002, but it looked like all industry standards, such as TCP benchmarks would compare apples and oranges unless comparing only SQL-based functionality and performance of SQL-based RDBMS tools. TPC-B allowed any sort of

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-13 Thread Nick Cipollina
Cipollina -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Jordan Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 10:27 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance Hi Robert Performance Benchmarking needs to be aligned

[U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-12 Thread Robert Kubarych
Is anyone aware of any performance benchmarks for UniData 7.1? How does it stack up against SQL 2005? Robert K. Kubarych Network Services Bergen Community College --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-12 Thread Theo
] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance Is anyone aware of any performance benchmarks for UniData 7.1? How does it stack up against SQL 2005? Robert K. Kubarych Network Services Bergen Community College --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-12 Thread Marc Harbeson
fair game. :-) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Theo Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 3:52 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance How would you compare the two? See what select based

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-12 Thread Robert Kubarych
: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance Is anyone aware of any performance benchmarks for UniData 7.1? How does it stack up against SQL 2005? Robert K. Kubarych Network Services Bergen Community College --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-12 Thread David Jordan
Hi Robert Performance Benchmarking needs to be aligned with a business measure. Most performance benchmarks are done on the basis of Simple transactions per second. However where U2 realy bolts ahead is in complex transactions per second. In the realworld we have complex transactions, not