Re: database snapshot

and it works in Informix!!! Take a blocking checkpoint, take your disk copy, then unblock the checkpoint "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@serendipita.com> wrote in message news:<ceu5t3$8kv$1@news.xmission.com>... > tomL said: > > i am told oracle has a way to take a "frozen snapshot" of a production > > system - does informix have this capability? when i move production to > > development, i always get some orphan records and have to do some > > cleanup of the data - a snaphot of a moment in time should enable me > > to avoid having to do the cleanup. > > BCV copy? It's more a function of your disk array than of Informix. > > -- > Bye now, > Obnoxio > > "C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien ' dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule" > - Coluche > > "I'm trying to see things your way, but I can't get my head up my ass" > - JCH > > "Ogni uomo mi guarda come se fossi una testa di cazzo" > - Marco > > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > sending to informix-list