Re: Informix 7.3 on Linux -25580 Error

dwight@rudolph.com (Dwight Rudolph Jr) writes: > In article <m3em5ocrqi.fsf@yakisoba.forte-intl.com>, ronald@forte-intl.com > says... > > > > I'm just a bit reluctant to throw more money at this problem, considering that > 1) it's MY money, and It's bloody inexpensive, you know that? >2) the reports on IDS2000 for Linux have not been all that promising. I'm quite happy;) Sorting is the only ting I _really_ hate on Linux, probably because of cooked-files, dbspaces for sorting took about three times as long as using filesystem (haven't played with raw-patches or using devices as files). I hasn't crashed (yet), receives ~220.000 updates each day (small records in that table) and generally seems just fine. > I'd definitely do the Intraware trial thing first. Yes, maybe even buy the developer version (still $199?). > And unfortunately I do have 7.2/7.3 clients. In fact, that's all I have. 7.31 developer version is not expensive, is it? Thomas

In article <ya3swbda.fsf@dhcp-d134-67.nextel.no>, thomas.parsli@startsiden.no says... > >>2) the reports on IDS2000 for Linux have not been all that promising. > >I'm quite happy;) >Sorting is the only ting I _really_ hate on Linux, probably because >of cooked-files, dbspaces for sorting took about three times as long as >using filesystem (haven't played with raw-patches or using devices as files). > >I hasn't crashed (yet), receives ~220.000 updates each day (small records in >that table) and generally seems just fine. > >> I'd definitely do the Intraware trial thing first. > >Yes, maybe even buy the developer version (still $199?). This thread has wandered off into the darkness. I could have done without the Informix bashing. I did download the 9.20 IDS for Linux, from the IIF2000 suite, and tried it. It doesn't appear to have that -25580 problem like 7.3, although I certainly haven't tested thoroughly. It does seem to be slower than 7.3; a particular dbimport took 50% longer on the same hardware and disk configuration, with similar tuning; I'll have to look into that thing about sorting in the filesystem. I haven't tried anything query intensive yet. I haven't seen any problems yet with connections from 7.x clients, although again I haven't tested much. Even if it's slower than 7.3, it's still at least as fast as 7.23 on Windows NT on similar hardware, and it's certainly easier to administer. Intraware is currently doing $160 a seat for developers, and I'm a developer, so I went ahead and bought a seat. It seemed less expensive than the offering of some $30,000 for an upgrade. I don't really understand Informix pricing.