Re: Database backups

Posted in 1992

Craig Browning — 6 May 92 20:39:12 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <8857@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> dwc@cix.compulink.co.uk writes: > >The annoying feature of DBEXPORT is that it does an "update >statistics" (6 hours on a 10GB database) before writing anything to >tape. But once it starts writing, it is fast. I can't imagine why >it needs to do that because doing a select count(*) on each table is >virtually instant. > >David Chan > > > "I hate computers but I keep going back because I refuse > to allow a piece of refined rock beat me." This is Bug 10428. It's fixed in the version 5.0 product. This information and more is widely available on InformixLink, a dialup service available through a local call worldwide. If anyone in the US would like information on it, call 1-800-438-7627. Craig