Re: Upgrade to IDS2000 or 7.31??

From: "Carlson@WHSmith" <carlson1@bellsouth.net> > >We've been cleared to upgrade from our current 7.30.uc7 engine, which >will be dropped in support at the end of this year. My question is how >far up the ladder should be upgrade? Here are a few basic facts: IDS.2000, provided Lawson supports it. >1. We're a basic OLTP shop running Informix 4GL and Lawson Financials. >2. Our database size is about 20G. >3. We're still using ontape for backups, but we plan to upgrade to OnBar >soon. >4. I'd like to get rid of a few bugs and/or workarounds (current with >7.30.uc7) while still maintaining my KAIO capabilities. >5. I'd also like to take advantage of any possible performance benefits, >which I believe that both version would have. >6. Also, the end of the year is in sight and support for the 7.30 >version will end with it. >7. I really like HPL; hopefully it's not broken in a higher release. >8. I'd like to be able to use VTI (IDS2000 only) to talk to an Oracle >database. We have some upcoming development; it would be great to keep >the program development within the Informix family (4GL), but I don't >know if this capability actually works. Any experienced VTI users out >there?? > >Just thought I'd throw a few things out. It feels good being able to >upgrade; it's just a matter of what level to upgrade to. Thanks in >advance! > >-- >John Carlson >Informix DBA >WHSmith USA > >#include std_disclaimer.h /* These are my opinions, not my company's >opinion */ ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com