Re: IDS 7.3 Release

>:Has ANYONE got any info on this version, release due imminently? >:compliant tool to run them, also forcing a particular index to a query, >quick >:retrieve of first 5 rows of a large query, case-insensitive searching, but >why > >Optimizer hints is in there, which is pretty cool (and looooong requested). >The >"quick retrieve of first 5 rows", as I currently understand it, is not what >you >might think. It does not limit the results of the query to the first X rows, >but rather changes the optimizer strategy to one that will produce the first >X >rows as quickly as possible. > >I also heard Informix will bundle Legato as their "native" storage manager >for >onbar. 7.30 UC1 is available. 7.30 UC2 is due out shortly. In addition to the hints for first query, you can also say "select first 5 ...." which will reduce the number of rows to only five. Yes - ISM is a scaled down version of Legato. The main restriction is that it will backup to only four devices in parallel. On NT you can now have multiple instances running. Madison Pruet