Re: Did I create a DBSpace correctly?

In article <648394$953$1@nntp1.ba.best.com>, lclee@shell5.ba.best.com writes >Richard Fremmerlid <lsbcoop2@hq.marh.gov.bc.ca> wrote: >> I don't know much about Informix, I am on a student work term >> trying to work through it without any help from our information >> systems people. They installed the database but they don't know >> anything about it, so be merciful with my lack of knowledge. > >> Previously I have been creating all of our databases in the default >> rootdbs, and since I heard that wasnt' the recommended practice, I attempted >> to create a new workspace. I did the following: > >> 1. cat /dev/null > raw_dbs *This in same dir as rootdbs >> 2. chmod 660 raw_dbs >> 3. onspaces -c -d dbdemo -p /app/informix/dbspace/raw_dbs -o 5000 -s 10000 >Since you're using cooked files, why is offset needed ?? I've mostly >used raw devices before .. so am I missing something? > No - you can use an offset of 0 i.e. no offset since this is a cooked file. >-Lin > >> 4. dbaccessdemo dbdemo3 -dbspace dbdemo >> 5. Then I added a new table to dbdemo3 from the dbadmin in LiveWire, and >> it seemed to work. > >> I am wondering if you can tell me if I missed something, and did some >> damage to our system. I am new to all of this. > -- David Williams