Re: FAQ

jparker@hpbs3645.boi.hp.com (Jack Parker) writes: Greetings I've added my pet topics here. This does not mean I intend to burn oil as a contributor or put myself up as any authority. More importantly this does not mean that I endorse the idea of building a FAQ. Personally I think that Informix should be enhancing support for paying customers and I believe that is happening. A FAQ is as much friend as foe. Still, the topics here are credible and sensible. More timely information should still come through support channels. As this document grows and 'matures' we should see it become a usefull long term asset. I'd suggest steering clear of 'impossible' subjects like 'twenty five steps to a faster OnLine instance' or 'incremental archive strategies for dummies.' Informix has adopted the widely held belief that we must 'do more through others.' To this end, I suggest that our mammoth VAR and InSync cattle dogs be made available from some kind of FTP site. I'd imagine that a index file with just the facts of name,keywords (products, market, purpose) wouldn't be too huge to search. I mention this because I find a lot of answers this way. Suggest format: NAME,PRODUCTNAME,VAR CAT. PG #$,KEYWORDS {eg. 4GL,OL,ST ARCHIVE BLOB} Does anyone else find themselves asking questions which could be answered by such a file? Good luck with the FAQ Adam >> >> A) What is this group (Walt's welcome letter goes here) >> B) Who/What is informix (Dave is getting this) > ) User groups. (from Bill Daul) >> C) How to reach them >> D) Books (I'll add the list from Friday). >> E) Engines (Online, SE, Turbo (shudder)) >> F) 'Front end' tools (i4gl, isql, r4gl, ace, debugger) >> G) 'Visual' tools (NewEra (less suds more cleaning power), 4gl for windows) ) HyperScript Tools, ViewPoint, NET for Windows ) Macintosh support ) Wingz >> H) Working from Unix with Informix (Make, environment variables) >> I) Termcap/Terminfo >j. >_____________________________________________________________________________ >Jack Parker | >Hewlett Packard, BSMC Boise, Idaho, USA| "They call her aunt only when >jparker@hpbs3645.boi.hp.com | her cucumbers are ripe." >(208) 396-5388 (W) (208) 384-1623 (H) | - Burmese folk wisdom >_____________________________________________________________________________ > Any opinions expressed herein are my own and not those of my employers. >_____________________________________________________________________________ -- # Regards # Adam Green, Federal Office, Canberra # Product Manager - Australia # Ph. + 61 6 273 1200 Fax + 61 6 273 1220 eMail adamg@informix.com