Re: Is Informix v7.23 good?

Sujit Pal wrote: > > Cosmo/Mark > > I haven't followed this thread, so if I have a suggestion that has = > already been suggested, please ignore this. > > It is possible to set INFORMIXDIR to something else, say > /usr/informix2 = > and install the new software. We have done this occasionally when = > testing an upgrade. Once it is done, we simply drop the old = > /usr/informix directory (after killing all open processes of course, = > like oninit), tar off the /usr/informix2 to disk and tar it back in to > = > /usr/informix. Wow! That's a long way about. How about just renaming the directory. :-) > That way we can keep the 2 versions together on the same box for = > sometime before we decide either way. Correct. Cheers, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ |Mark D. Stock - Informix SA http://www.informix.com |//////// /| |mailto:mdstock@informix.com FAQ http://www.iiug.org |///// / //| | +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | Tel: +27 11 807 0313 |If it's slow, the users complain. |/// / ////| | Fax: +27 11 807 2594 |If it's fast, the users keep quiet.|// / /////| |Cell: +27 83 250 2325 |Therefore, "No news: travels fast"!|/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+