Re: DBA Survival Guide, 2nd Edition

Congratulations Joe on surviving another Book writing.... If your second version is as helpful as your first you should be able to buy all the informix stock you need. Rob Vorbroker Joe Lumbley wrote in message ... >Folks, > >Please excuse a little bit of blatant commercialism, but so many of you >are e-mailing me for info on the second edition of the Informix DBA Survival >Guide that I'll save all of us a lot of e-mail time by posting specifics. > >The book should be on the bookshelves now. The ISBN is: 0-13-079623-9. >It can be ordered through any of the online bookstores or directly from >Prentice Hall at www.phptr.com. Cover price is USD $44.99, CAN $63.00. > >The book is 501 pages with a massive index (probably overkill). It includes >most of the first edition that covers version 5.X and includes new sections on >7.X (IDS) and IDS on Windows NT. It also has a chapter on debugging. It >comes with a CD-ROM with all of the code and scripts, the Informix FAQ, >the 1200-page Adobe Acrobat versions of the Informix DBA manual,and the Acrobat >version of the Performance Tuning manual. Also included is a really neat >computer-based-training course on Informix database essentials ($225 value). > >I'd like to thank the entire newsgroup for providing lots of fodder for the >debugging sections. I collected postings for two years and culled out about >150 of the best pointers and solutions that you folks all came up with. >Special thanks go to Art Kagel, who provided the technical proofreading, >Lester Knutsen, who provided an entire chapter on the SMI tables and SQL >scripts to monitor the engine using the SMI tables, David Williams who >gave me permission to include the FAQ on the CD-ROM, Carlton Doe who gave >me permission to use some of my old 5.X scripts that he converted to 7.X >for his book. > >Now y'all go out and buy this book, because I need the money to buy more >Informix stock! ;) > >/end commercial > >Joe >-- >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Joe Lumbley(jlumbley@netcom.com) author of: "INFORMIX DBA Survival Guide" > >The DBA Survival Guide, Second Edition will cover NT, 7.X through 7.3, >graphical utilities, more survival hints. Publish date: 12/16/98 FINALLY! >---------------------------------------------------------------------------