IDS 7.23 and 9.21 differences
Philip Ness asked for the major differences between IDS 7.23 and 9.21 for an evaluation. Obnoxio The Clown noted both are out of support. Richard Snoke said the biggest change is that 9.x adds object features such as user-defined types and inheritance, and pointed to the release notes. Art Kagel advised comparing current releases, 7.31 and 10.00, instead.
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As part of a evaluation project I need to find out the major differences between release 7.23 and 9.21 of IDS. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. --------------------------------- Now you can scan emails quickly with a reading pane. Get the new Yahoo! Mail.
Philip Ness said: > > As part of a evaluation project I need to find out the major differences > between release 7.23 and 9.21 of IDS. More important than their differences are the one key thing they have in common: they are both well out of support. Your evaluation project is comparing dinosaurs to dodoes. -- Bye now, Obnoxio "... no bill is required as no value was provided." -- Christine Normile -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by OpenProtect(http://www.openprotect.com), and is believed to be clean.
Aside from the already mentioned inability to get fixes for whatever problems you may encounter, the biggest change is that IDS 9.x introduces objects into the DBMS. In IDS 7.2x you are limited to the data types that come with the DBMS. In IDS 9.x and later (IDS 10.00 being the current release), you can define your own types and methods, including single inheritance and polymorphism. However, there are numerous other changes as well. All those are listed in the release notes, and those may be found at http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/informix/pubs/library/notes/relnotes/server s.html#ids9. If you have further questions after reading the release notes, please ask. Cheers, Dick Snoke IBM Software Group - ChannelWorks dsnoke@us.ibm.com (404) 487-1595 "Philip Ness" <pness66@yahoo.co.uk> Sent by: ids-bounces@iiug.org 10/07/2006 09:12 AM Please respond to ids@iiug.org To ids@iiug.org cc Subject IDS 7.23 and 9.21 differences [7595] As part of a evaluation project I need to find out the major differences between release 7.23 and 9.21 of IDS. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. --------------------------------- Now you can scan emails quickly with a reading pane. Get the new Yahoo! Mail. ******************************************************************************* Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum.
You should AT LEAST be comparing the current releases: 7.31 to 10.00 since there have been several feature and performance improvements between 7.23 and 7.31 and between 9.21 and 10.00 (10.50 is around the corner). Art S. Kagel ----- Original Message ----- From: Philip Ness <ids@iiug.org> At: 10/07 9:19:17 As part of a evaluation project I need to find out the major differences between release 7.23 and 9.21 of IDS. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. --------------------------------- Now you can scan emails quickly with a reading pane. Get the new Yahoo! Mail. ******************************************************************************* Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum.