Re: dbload 1.03

Peter Wiley (peter@prospect.anprod.csiro.au) wrote: : In article <K7wHx0ElJr/Y088yn@kcbbs.gen.nz> kerry@kcbbs.gen.nz (Kerry Sainsbury) writes: : >Some people at work are using the dbload from version 1.03 against : >an XA4.10.UC1 engine, because it runs MANY TIMES FASTER. : > : >- Any ideas why dbload now crawls? : >- Any idea if this is a safe thing to do? (I wouldn't, but 5 minutes vs 25 : > minutes *is* significant) : >- Any idea what "XA" as version prefix means? : > : I dunno either, but there were a *lot* of bugs in all the 4.10 ports I : dealt with. Forgetting DBPATH in r4gl, forgetting DBPATH in a dbimport, : you name it. As I'm still using it, I keep a 4.0 version around just to : use some of these utilities. Ah yes, the good old days. Once with 4.10 tools I was querying a database that I decided to drop. When I loaded isql and ran a "drop database" statement, Informix decided to drop a completely different database by the same name in a different directory. That's without changing directories or the DBPATH setting. I walked red-faced to the IS office and said, "Where's the backup tapes?" Thanks for the memory. -- Jeff Sturm ZenaComp Incorporated jsturm@zenacomp.com