Re: Primary chunk - a misnomer

In article <wdgDJHtyw.IAH@netcom.com> wdg@netcom.com (Billski) writes: >I was reading in the "Informix Systems Journal" dated July/August 1995. >In particular, I was reading the excerpt from Joe Lumbley's book in >this issue. He makes the following claim: > >The chunks are known as primary chunk for the first chunk >in a dbspace and secondary chunk for any additional chunks added. >(This is not an exact quote, to avoid possible copyright infringements.) > >Bunk. Bull. Incorrect. > >Do a tbstat -d. Notice the flags. Do you ever see a flag of "SO-"? >No, you will see either "PO-" or "MO-". The "P" means "PRIMARY", and >the "M" means "MIRROR". Any chunk, I mean ANY CHUNK that is not a mirror >chunk is a primary chunk, regardless of order of creation. Informix has >no such concept as a secondary chunk. Try dropping chunks in a multi-chunk dbspace. You'll get the error: Chunk not dropped. ISAM error: Can not drop first chunk when you try to remove the first chunk. Keith Fang Consultant/DBA