Re: Books

> jgordon@ssf-sys.DHL.COM (Jim Gordon) writes: > : > : Check out the latest manuals from Informix for 4.1 and 5.0. They are > : much improved, with a better lay out and they cover many things left > ^^^ > I have to disagree with Jim. I have manual sets for both version 4.00 and > version 4.1/5.0 . It seems Informix really wanted to save money on these. > I really loved the binder-type manuals that came with the earlier versions. > The manuals I got with 4.1 were paperback-type. Did you ever try to type > code while having one of the pages open? You need a brick to sit on the > book. Also, there are no external tabs for the chapters so you have to > flip through each manual to find the correct chapter. > > Chris "put it on CD-ROM" Edler Yes, I have to agree with this I would also have preferred to see Ring Binder Manuals and chapter tabs. But this doesn't really change the fact that the contents of the manuals are several times better than the old ones. Looking at the complaints that Stephen Richardson listed I would say that taking all the manuals together most of his complaints have been dealt with. There are manuals giving clear examples - first time for this. Most information is indexed properly - which it wasnt. A lot of the information that you used to learn on the courses is now in the manuals - though I'm sure you will still learn new bits and pieces on the courses. Lastly "some" of the old undocumented features are now listed - though not all, I think his example of a database names function is one that is yet to be included? Cheers - Jim -------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Jim Gordon Internet: jgordon@ssf-sys.DHL.COM Company: DHL Systems Inc Phone: (415) 358-5911 (Work) Address: 1700 S. Amphlett Blvd. (415) 882-9728 (Home) San Mateo, CA 94402 Fax: (415) 571-6429 --------------------------------------------------------------------