RE: Serial numbers

On Tue, 25 Jan 2000 mosserp@WellsFargo.COM wrote: > Ummmmm... Excuse me, but on *my* informix servers, the copyright files > ($INFORMIXDIR/etc/*-cr) only contain VERSION numbers, not SERIAL numbers. > :-) AFAIK, the only place online where SERIAL numbers are stored is in the > .snfile. > > HTH, > Paul Mosser So, I checked. You are both right. as Paul says, $INFORMIXDIR/etc/*-cr gives only the version number, not the serial number, but as Mark points out, dbaccess -v (or -V) gives both engine version and serial number. This is much quicker than going through the gyrations of reading the .snfile. ==================================================================== Harold Luse Phone: (970) 491-4120 Veterinary Teaching Hospital Fax: (970) 491-4123 Colorado State University Pager: (970) 229-8173 Fort Collins, Colorado USA E-mail: hluse@vth.colostate.edu ====================================================================