Re: Recommended Books etc

Reg writes:- > > >I cannot vouch for books as all I've read are the Informix manuals > >which are as helpfull at times as my kids are when there is yardwork > >to be done :-) > > Ain't that the truth. Why doesn't Informix spend some time and > develop manuals that are coherent and effective. Everytime I need > to look up something I know I'm going to waste a good part of > a day with nothing to show for it. They need to develop something > like UNIX man pages. Now there is something useful.... > > -------------------------------- > Reg Foulkes Bell-Northern Research Check out the latest manuals from Informix for 4.1 and 5.0. They are much improved, with a better lay out and they cover many things left out of the original manuals, such as optimisation, tuning, etc. Also other areas are explained in much more detail - sizing, etc. Also a couple of new books are available. Have a look at "4GL by Example", this gives methods and sample code for achieving many of the more complicated requirements that developers have. This book is a must for anyone starting out with 4GL and is useful to many longer term developers especially when moving up to 4.1. This is not to say that these books are an answer to all your dreams but they are much, much better. Cheers - Jim -------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Jim Gordon Internet: jgordon@ssf-sys.DHL.COM Company: DHL Systems Inc Phone: (415) 358-5911 (Work) Address: 1700 S. Amphlett Blvd. (415) 882-9728 (Home) San Mateo, CA 94402 Fax: (415) 571-6429 --------------------------------------------------------------------