Re: dbschema
Posted in 1998
David Williams wrote:
>
> In article <6titsm$k84$1@news.xmission.com>, Steve Proctor
> <stevep@beacon.co.uk> writes
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >iv'e got a customer who is upgrading (?) from informix SE 4.10 to SE
> >5.05. They have noticed that a dbschema of a large table that was
> >instantanious under SE 4.10 now takes several minutes under SE 5.05.
> >
> >The large the number of rows in the table, the longer the response
> >from dbschema. I cannot find any mention in the release notices of
> >any modifications to dbschema, has any one else found this problem ?
> Yes, dbschema is slower in later versions. There was even a bug logged
> against it (DBSCHEMA 7.x slower than 6.x on VOYAGER??).
>
Betcha Captain Janeway had a fit, too. All that time for an upgrade,
now half a galaxy away with buggy software. <G>
(OffTopic . . . couldn't resist . . . )
John Carlson
Informix DBA
WH Smith, Inc.