Re: Problem with C-ISAM support
Mark, Suffice it to say that the C-ISAM Product was the original base platform for all of the Informix Database Tools. They may have moved from the platform, I'll accept that. But to offer a product for sale, accept money for maintenance and then refuse to acknowledge the test results of their own Technical Support Staff is simply bad business. I am still attempting to get this software fixed. This was all supported software for the Linux Environment. Yes I had Major Software commitment on DEC Ultrix. I had thought that my Investment in Informix Technology was safe, especially when we bought the software last September! I still want this product to work, after all my Customer and I BOTH have quite a bit invested in this. If there is something that you can do to assist, I would appreciate it! On Tue, 01 Aug 2000 23:01:25 +0100, "Mark D. Stock" <mdstock@mydas.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: >"Albert E. Whale" wrote: >> >> I have had a problem over the past several months getting a bug with the >> C-ISAM Product (isn't this the basis from which ALL of the Informix Line >> is developed????) fixed. > >No, C-ISAM is a database architecture from the 80's. The current >Informix line of database servers has moved on a bit since then. Most >products that are over 3 years old tend to get less support. C-ISAM must >be, well I'll let Jonathan answer that one. :-) > >I believe there was a C-ISAM DataBlade, but I don't know if that will >solve your problems. > >Cheers, Albert E. Whale aewhale@hky.com http://www.hky.com/aewhale.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ ABS Computer Technology, Inc. - Computer & Networking Specialists Sr. Network, Internet and Unix Systems Consultant PAPI - Pennsylvania Parenthood Initiative - Children need BOTH Parents http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/4688/papi.htm Father's Rights Network - http://www.hky.com/frn/frnhome.html
"Albert E. Whale" wrote: > [...snip...] > But to offer [C-ISAM] for sale, accept money for maintenance and then > refuse to acknowledge the test results of their own Technical Support > Staff is simply bad business. > > I am still attempting to get this software fixed. This was all > supported software for the Linux Environment. Yes I had Major Software > commitment on DEC Ultrix. I had thought that my Investment in Informix > Technology was safe, especially when we bought the software last > September! > [...snip...] This used to be Bug 126255. "Used to be" because I have closed the bug with a NOT-NIS assertion (and I've sent extensive emails to a number of people, including Albert, explaining in detail why this is the correct assertion, going into all the details I didn't explain in my original posting on this subject). The C-ISAM product as supplied is not defective in the manner described (there may be other bugs, but this isn't one of them), and the definition of stfloat() in the master source code effectively reads: void stfloat(src, dst) double src; char *dst; { ... } The prototype for the function is thus, correctly: extern void stfloat(double src, char *dst); The documentation is technically accurate but is definitely misleading -- and Tech Pubs have been informed of this. I believe the issue has been resolved. -- Yours, Jonathan Leffler (Jonathan.Leffler@Informix.com) #include <disclaimer.h> Guardian of DBD::Informix v1.00.PC1 -- http://www.perl.com/CPAN "I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it!"
Albert E. Whale wrote in message <8mbgns$oa8$1@news.xmission.com>... > >Mark, > >Suffice it to say that the C-ISAM Product was the original base platform >for all of the Informix Database Tools. They may have moved from the >platform, I'll accept that. > >But to offer a product for sale, accept money for maintenance and then >refuse to acknowledge the test results of their own Technical Support >Staff is simply bad business. > >I am still attempting to get this software fixed. This was all >supported software for the Linux Environment. Yes I had Major What exactly is the problem again? >Albert E. Whale aewhale@hky.com >http://www.hky.com/aewhale.html >------------------------------------------------------------------ >ABS Computer Technology, Inc. - Computer & Networking Specialists >Sr. Network, Internet and Unix Systems Consultant > >PAPI - Pennsylvania Parenthood Initiative - Children need BOTH Parents >http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/4688/papi.htm >Father's Rights Network - http://www.hky.com/frn/frnhome.html