Informix New User --4gl & shell policies

> From: Jim Shields <73251.2054@CompuServe.COM> > Subject: Informix New User > > I am soliciting input from anyone kind enough to share their > experiences in establishing standards, policies, and procedures > to run a production Informix server on a Unix platform. I am new > to both Informix and Unix. I come from a DB2 mainframe > background where production standards are well established. > > Using our existing standards as a starting point, I am trying to > set up standards for our new Informix environment. Rather than > re-invent the wheel or make the same mistakes everyone else has > made all over again, I would really appreciate any information or > advice that anyone would care to share with me. > > Thank you very much for any help you can offer. > > Jim Glad you asked! Make your 4gl look like the stuff in the "Informix 4GL by Example" book. That's a good common base for all of us. Make your shell scripts look like those in the O'Reilly books. They are well-commented, but not overly so. It's important (I think) to adopt the styles of the current o/s, and not to propagate an inappropriate standard to the newest system. That is, leave the DB2 stuff on the mainframe. In addition to coding practices, update your user interfaces. We are STILL stuck with hideous IBM 36 wanna-be screens, function keys, and user names that were "in accordance with the company standard." The only way we got to move up into the eighty's was to invent a whole new kind of computer group that did not fall under the old I/S umbrella. Welcome to the real world. Make it *your* world! ;) (let me know if anyone wants my $0.02 on shell (more) and 4gl (less) coding standards. I've got a bunch of them!) __________________________________________________________________ | Clem Akins Standard Disclaimers Apply | |Reynolds Metals Co, Alloys Plant "Climb High, Cave Deep!" | | Muscle Shoals, Alabama USA cwakins@leia.alloys.rmc.com | |________________________________________________________________|