Re: IDS 10 - documentation questions

On 11/16/2005 07:36 AM, Jonathan Leffler wrote: > On 31 Oct 2005 16:32:18 -0800, david@smooth1.co.uk <david@smooth1.co.uk> > wrote: >> >> >> Well I've looked at IDS 10.00.TC3R1Tl release notes and >> >> Section 1.3.7 >> >> Buffer should avoid bf_check calls (??). >> What is this? An internal consistency check? >> Why avoid it? >> >> Buffer has been 'buff'-checked?? >> What is that? > > > > Where did you get a version 10.00.TC3R1T1 from? > > I didn't know you could get 7 characters after the second full stop > (period). > > I asked a colleague if he knew anything about such a version - and he was > equally mystified. > And he didn't think that the message existed in current versions of IDS, > unless I misread his message. > > > -- > Jonathan Leffler #include <disclaimer.h> > Email: jleffler@earthlink.net, jleffler@us.ibm.com > Guardian of DBD::Informix v2005.02 -- http://dbi.perl.org/ > sending to informix-list > > Jonathan, the latest trial version of IDS from http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/downloads/im/ids/?S_TACT=105AGX28&S_CMP=DLMAIN have this strange numbering scheme. In my case, for Linux: > cat etc/IIF-cr > IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.UC3R1TL > Copyright (C) 1986-2005 IBM Corporation, All rights reserved File release/en_us/0333/ids_adref_docnotes_10.0.txt titled as <quote> IBM Informix Documentation Notes for the IBM Informix Dynamic Server Administrator's Reference 10.00.xC3 1 July 2005 </quote> have the following section: <quote> 1.3.7 Buffer Page Status Flags of onstat -X Command The documentation of the onstat -X command in Chapter 3 describes only the first four bits of the flags bitmap. The following description of the flags parameter of onstat -X is more complete: flags Flags identifying the current status of the buffer page: 0x01 Modified Data 0x02 Data 0x04 LRU 0x08 Error 0x20 LRU AIO write in progress 0x40 Chunk write in progress 0x80 Buffer is/will be result of read-ahead 0x100 Cleaner assigned to LRU 0x200 Buffer should avoid bf_check calls 0x400 Do log flush before writing page 0x800 Buffer has been 'buff' -checked 0x8000 Buffer has been pinned 0x10000 Buffer modified by fuzzy operation. </quote> Best regards, -- Mladen Jovanovski Phone: +389 2 244 1140 Mobile: +389 75 400 309 COSMOFON - Mobile Telecommunications Services - A.D. Skopje _______________________________________________________________ This e-mail (including any attachments) is confidential and may be protected by legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not copy it, re-transmit it, use it or disclose its contents, but should return it to the sender immediately and delete your copy from your system. Any unauthorized use or dissemination of this message in whole or in part is strictly prohibited. Please note that e-mails are susceptible to change. COSMOFON A.D. Skopje shall not be liable for the improper or incomplete transmission of the information contained in this communication nor for any delay in its receipt or damage to your system. sending to informix-list