WARNING: Say "NO" to patched versions!

At this years Informix Worldwide User Conference I learned that patched versions of engines do not go through the same quality control procedure that normal, scheduled, releases do. I formed the opinion that "patched" versions were something I wanted to avoid at all costs. Today I learn that a "patched" version has been installed at one of our client's site. The new version *does* fix the bug it was supposed to, but introduces another cool one in its place: "UPDATE ... WHERE CURRENT OF" disregards the "CURRENT OF" clause. It just UPDATEs every row in the table... Also at the conference I heard somebody request that Informix make their test suite public, so users could check new releases themselves. At the time the request didn't seem too important to me, but all of a sudden it strikes me as being a fabulous idea. I think either Informix should abandon the creation of these ad-hoc, untested, "patch" releases, or at least make the test suite public so *we* can test them. Thanks for listening Kerry S ------------------------------------,------------------------------------------ Kerry Sainsbury, kerry@kcbbs.gen.nz | THE INFORMIX FAQ v2.10 May 1997 Quanta Systems, Auckland | http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/ New Zealand. Work: +64 9 377-4473 | ftp://ftp.iiug.org/pub/informix/faq Home: +64 9 279-3571 | ftp://kcbbs.gen.nz:/pub/informix/