Re: IIUG - New engine survey, your input needed

In article <6mbnbs$aah$1@news.xmission.com>, Clem Akins <clem@informix.com> writes > >steps along this path. There is still a long way to go, incorporating >the v8 products and the small-system products into a well-articulated >_____________________________________________________________ Well for small systems Workgroup Server = Dyanmic Server with a limit of one CPU VP i.e. something like if allocating CPU VP #ifdef WORKGROUPSERVER return error NOT_ALLOWED_SILLY!! #endif do bit to fork new CPU VP... i.e. just a small ifdef in the code plus some error handling in the caller (which does not need to e #ifef'ed out..)... XPS is a different beast. No stored procedures (problems like execute procedure a... yeah but from which coserver?). No subqueries.(Guess getting the threads to pass stuff up for subqueries is hard..)... I do wonder how much XPS = multiple Onlines using Dynamic Server's abilities to execute queries on remote tables and do join on remote tables + some glue. >Clem Akins (aka clem@informix.com) Menlo Park x5937 >Customer Course Development Manager Informix Software, Inc >Last seen: Watching a sunrise, beach camping in California -- David Williams Maintainer of the Informix FAQ Primary site (Beta Version) http://www.smooth1.demon.co.uk Official site http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html I see you standin', Standin' on your own, It's such a lonely place for you, For you to be If you need a shoulder, Or if you need a friend, I'll be here standing, Until the bitter end... So don't chastise me Or think I, I mean you harm... All I ever wanted Was for you To know that I care