Re: Informix 4.1 vs later versions
nll@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (neal.l.leitner) writes: >From article <1992Oct8.121056.19648@cs.umb.edu>, by tchow@ra.cs.umb.edu (Tony Yee Chow): >> I have sent a message before and it got corrupted. So I am posting it again. >> >> Our company is going to install an Informix system and I would like to know >> which version of Informix is better (programming bugs, stability, and helpful >> hints). I have heard that 4.1 is the most stable version so far. Is that >> true? >> Thanks in advance. >> Tony Chow. > >I had to chuckle a little when you used the word "stable". I am using >Informix 4.10 UC4 for AT&T Unix version 4.0. The 4gl in earlier releases >of 4.10 was pretty buggy, with core dumps when executing 4gl programs. It >was fixed and attributed to a memory management problem. The current >release is 4.10 UC4, which seems ok except for one bug that was uncovered the >other day. The bug is if your TERMCAP variable points to the informix termcap >and your terminal is not listed, it will dump a core. Otherwise I have not >noticed anything else yet with 4.10 UC4. > >Neal Leitner *I* had to chuckle over *your* post. I tried to report this bug early last week, and was told that even though every 4gl program I had written died dumped core with a segmentation fault, I should recode my programs more simply to isolate the error so that the Informix support could isolate the error more easily. Does anyone else ever get the feeling that after calling Informix support that you leave the support person knowing more than they did before your call? ### Chris Thorsen | Internet: chris@statsci.com ## # StatSci | UUCP: uunet!statsci!chris # ## 1700 Westlake Ave N #500 | Phone: (206) 283-8802 ### Seattle, WA 98109 | FAX: (206) 283-8691