Re: Informix Database Admin Guide...Out of Date ?

Neil Truby (ntruby@netcomuk.co.uk) wrote: : Hmmm. I actually hate receiving manuals on CD. I'd rather have a paper : one. I take your point about searchability, but the inconvenience of : loading the CDs (or hude disk space use having them locally), and the : fannying around with trying to see a whole page at once seem to me to : outweigh the advantages. : Whenever I read "For your convenience, manuals are available on CD..." I : always think "For WHOSE convenience....?" Neither is sufficient by itself, but used together, they make a good team. When I want to browse and read at leisure, I can't beat the hard-copy. But when I want to search for something fast, the pdf wins every time. Here's a product that someone ought to come up with. How about a hard-copy book with a built-in searchable index (maybe on a builtin chip or hardcard?). Joe -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Lumbley(jlumbley@netcom.com) author of: "INFORMIX DBA Survival Guide" The DBA Survival Guide, Second Edition will cover NT, 7.X through 7.3, graphical utilities, more survival hints. Publish date: 12/16/98 FINALLY! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------