Re: How to bring up an unmirrored chunk?

On Thu, 7 Aug 1997, Joe Lumbley wrote: > : Sure. Call Informix support. They can come in and, if there are no serious > : problems with the data, alter the chunk up. They will FTP some utilities > : onto your machine, compile them, run them, and delete them. HOWEVER: Do > : not slurp these utilities and use them recklessly. Setting chunks as online > : when they have serious problems can really ruin your day. > > You can't use them without a key that's based on month and day in the month, > so there's some level of protection from ourselves. Of course, nobody in > this ng would be sneaky enough to copy off the source code before it's > compiled and the source deleted, would they? Wot, us? Never. Simple program, btw. Or so I've, ahem, heard. Not only that, but... <LARGE SHOP EXPERIENCE> ...if you growl at you Informix rep, alternating begging, pleading, and occasionally bribing them, you may be able to get real copies of these tools. No source, though. Oh, and I think that we're on our own if we ever use them. Oh, and before you ask, I'm not allowed to give them out. To be honest, I'm not even sure if I'm supposed to say this, but if I'm not, I'm just retelling a rumour. </LARGE SHOP EXPERIENCE> Of course, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong. -Richard