Re: How to post a query

In article <547lqk$7ea@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, Billy Wheeler <billy@west.co.za> writes >Dear all, > >Along with most of you, I frequently experience frustration in trying to help >people with queries due to the vagueness of the information supplied. Often >problems can be quite port-specific. I was wondering if it might not be useful >to have a standard form we could send people to fill in which could help >the accuracy and value of our responses. Any comments? > Try this as a form... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Operating System Description ---------------------------- Hardware platform (e.g. Sun 1000) : Operating System with Version : Enviroment variables set (If UNIX) : Database Engine Description --------------------------- Database Engine version : If OnLine then: Onconfig/Tbconfig file : Relevant Online.log entries : /tmp/af.xxxx file (if created) : Client Server Connectivity (if applicable) ------------------------------------------ Network in use : ODBC Driver version : I-Connect Version : I-Net Version : Tools Descriptions (if applicable) ---------------------------------- 4GL Version : C compiler version : Error messages -------------- Error Number(s) generated : Informix Error Description : generated by 'finderr <error number>' Description of problem : -- David Williams