Re: Recommended Books etc

In article <1992Jun30.010704.1196@informix.com> aland@informix.com (Colonel Panic) writes: >In article <1992Jun29.115217.29583@bnr.ca> Reg Foulkes writes: >>In article <1223@pdxvme.pdx.csd.mot.com> news@pdx.csd.mot.com (News >>Administrator) writes: >> >>>I cannot vouch for books as all I've read are the Informix manuals >>>which are as helpfull at times as my kids are when there is yardwork >>>to be done :-) >> >> Ain't that the truth. Why doesn't Informix spend some time and >>develop manuals that are coherent and effective. Everytime I need > >Um, why don't the complainers here give some *specific* indication of >what they find unhelpful? Also, are you looking at current versions? > > >-- >Alan Denney aland@informix.com {pyramid|uunet}!infmx!aland > Well, I have just finished a series of informix training classes and have had a change to reveiw and use many of the new manuals and I must say that they are a dramtic improvement. One that I have found particularly useful is the SQL Quick Syntax Guide, the syntax diagrams are great and cover SQL, 4GL, ESQL's, SE, Online etc and if I understand correctly some of the 5.0 manuals have won awards! I will be glad when our upgrades get here and I have all of the good manuals. I'll be glad to chuck all of the 2.10 stuff! So in summery I think Informix is definitly headed in the right direction as far as documentation goes. -- Greg Porter | gporter@csus.edu California State University, Sacramento | ucdavis!csusac!porterg University Telecommunications Services (UTS) | -- All opinions are my own and not of my employer --