informix vesion numbers

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KENNETH PENZA — Thu, 23 Dec 2004 15:41:36 — source: IIUG Forums & Mailing Lists

People, Can someone please explain to me informix version numbers. I am espically interested in the meaning of C1, in for example UC1 and the differences between 9.30.UC2 and 9.40.UC3, or 7.30.UC5 and 7.31.UD5. Thanks Kenneth

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Christine Normile — Thu, 23 Dec 2004 17:12:53 — source: IIUG Forums & Mailing Lists

--0__=09BBE5E0DFC8085F8f9e8a93df938690918c09BBE5E0DFC8085F Content-type: multipart/alternative; Boundary="1__=09BBE5E0DFC8085F8f9e8a93df938690918c09BBE5E0DFC8085F" --1__=09BBE5E0DFC8085F8f9e8a93df938690918c09BBE5E0DFC8085F Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Hi Kenneth - U means 32-bit Unix, T means Windows, H means 32-bit HP-UX. F means 64-bit. The Cn and Dn are just fix pack numbering. We start numbering fixpacks= at C1 and continue sequentially and then go to D1 and continue. Fixpacks contain bug fixes and there is no relationship between a UC2 fixpack to= 9.40 and a UC2 fixpack to 9.30. The number before the dot is the product identifier. IDS 7 is a relati= onal database management system. IDS 9 is an object relational database sys= tem. The two numbers following the dots are the major and minor version numb= ers. The differences between 9.40 and 9.30 are extensive enhancements in the= areas of performance (9.40 is substantially faster than 9.30), high availability (ER and HDR can run together), scalability (chunks can be = up to 4TB each instead of 2GB) and extensive application development featu= res. There are a number of white papers regarding IDS 9.40 available on IBM.com. IDS 7.31 is a minor revision of IDS 7.30. It includes a number of enhancements both are quite old so I don't remember what the exact enhancements were. HDR and ER may have been introduced in 7.31. As I mentioned earlier there is no correlation between 7.30 UC5 and 7.31UD5.= When we introduce a release the first release is usually xC1 where the = x indicates the platform and/or word size (32 or 64-bit). 7.31UD5 is the= 11th fixpack of IDS 7 version 31 32-bit (we only went to xC6 before mov= ing on to xD1) we are currently at xD8. Christine Normile Informix Market Manager IBM Software Group Data Management Solutions Phone/Fax 877.252.5399 Email cnormile@us.ibm.com |---------+----------------------------> | | "KENNETH PENZA" | | | <kenneth.penza@go| | | v.mt> | | | Sent by: | | | forum.subscriber@| | | iiug.org | | | | | | | | | 12/23/2004 09:41 | | | AM | |---------+----------------------------> >--------------------------------------------------------------------= --------------------------------------------------| | = | | To: ids@iiug.org = | | cc: = | | Subject: informix vesion numbers [3912] = | >--------------------------------------------------------------------= --------------------------------------------------| People, Can someone please explain to me informix version numbers. I am espica= lly interested in the meaning of C1, in for example UC1 and the differences= between 9.30.UC2 and 9.40.UC3, or 7.30.UC5 and 7.31.UD5. 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The differences between 9.40 and 9.30 are extensive enhancements = in the areas of performance (9.40 is substantially faster than 9.30), h= igh availability (ER and HDR can run together), scalability (chunks can= be up to 4TB each instead of 2GB) and extensive application developmen= t features. There are a number of white papers regarding IDS 9.40 ava= ilable on IBM.com. IDS 7.31 is a minor revision of IDS 7.30. It includes a number of enha= ncements both are quite old so I don't remember what the exact enhancem= ents were. HDR and ER may have been introduced in 7.31. As I mentione= d earlier there is no correlation between 7.30 UC5 and 7.31UD5. When w= e introduce a release the first release is usually xC1 where the x indi= cates the platform and/or word size (32 or 64-bit). 7.31UD5 is the 11t= h fixpack of IDS 7 version 31 32-bit (we only went to xC6 before moving= on to xD1) we are currently at xD8. 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ART KAGEL, BLOOMBERG/ 731 LEXIN — Thu, 23 Dec 2004 17:40:28 — source: IIUG Forums & Mailing Lists

The last 2 character are version update codes. The digit is sequential within the letter a change indicating some bug fix. The letter is updated to indicate major bug repairs or minor feature updates. The letters A & B are reserved for the alpha & beta pre-release versions so 'C' is the first public release. If a 'D' follows it is because something was changed beyond a few lines of code, ie a structural change internal to the code. Bug fixes which are client specific or specific to a single platform are indicated by appended an X<digit> (X1, X2, etc.) afger the two existing version characters. Art S. Kagel ----- Original Message ----- From: Kenneth Penza <kenneth.penza@gov.mt> At: 12/23 10:57 > People, > > > Can someone please explain to me informix version numbers. I am espically > interested in the meaning of C1, in for example UC1 and the differences between > 9.30.UC2 and 9.40.UC3, or 7.30.UC5 and 7.31.UD5. > > Thanks > Kenneth

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ART KAGEL, BLOOMBERG/ 731 — Thu, 23 Dec 2004 18:05:01 — source: IIUG Forums & Mailing Lists

Christine, please do not post MIME to the forums it triples the bandwidth needed to forward the postings and to store them. Below you state: > IDS 7.31 is a minor revision of IDS 7.30. It includes a number of > enhancements both are quite old so I don't remember what the exact > enhancements were. HDR and ER may have been introduced in 7.31. As I > mentioned earlier there is no correlation between 7.30 UC5 and 7.31UD5. HDR has been in IDS since 7.10 and ER (then called CDR) was introduced in 7.20 IB. It is true that neither were completely stable and reliable prior to 7.31 ;-) but they did exist much earlier. Art S. Kagel ----- Original Message ----- From: Christine N.... <cnormile@us.ibm.com> At: 12/23 12:30 Hi Kenneth - U means 32-bit Unix, T means Windows, H means 32-bit HP-UX. F means 64-bit. The Cn and Dn are just fix pack numbering. We start numbering fixpacks at C1 and continue sequentially and then go to D1 and continue. Fixpacks contain bug fixes and there is no relationship between a UC2 fixpack to 9.40 and a UC2 fixpack to 9.30. The number before the dot is the product identifier. IDS 7 is a relational database management system. IDS 9 is an object relational database system. The two numbers following the dots are the major and minor version numbers. The differences between 9.40 and 9.30 are extensive enhancements in the areas of performance (9.40 is substantially faster than 9.30), high availability (ER and HDR can run together), scalability (chunks can be up to 4TB each instead of 2GB) and extensive application development features. There are a number of white papers regarding IDS 9.40 available on IBM.com. IDS 7.31 is a minor revision of IDS 7.30. It includes a number of enhancements both are quite old so I don't remember what the exact enhancements were. HDR and ER may have been introduced in 7.31. As I mentioned earlier there is no correlation between 7.30 UC5 and 7.31UD5. When we introduce a release the first release is usually xC1 where the x indicates the platform and/or word size (32 or 64-bit). 7.31UD5 is the 11th fixpack of IDS 7 version 31 32-bit (we only went to xC6 before moving on to xD1) we are currently at xD8. Christine Normile Informix Market Manager IBM Software Group Data Management Solutions Phone/Fax 877.252.5399 Email cnormile@us.ibm.com People, Can someone please explain to me informix version numbers. I am espica= lly interested in the meaning of C1, in for example UC1 and the differences= between 9.30.UC2 and 9.40.UC3, or 7.30.UC5 and 7.31.UD5. Thanks Kenneth