Re: Bye Bye Jonathan!

I agree! Thanks for all your help Jonathan! -Bill } } All I can say is this is a f***ing tradgedy. } } I am sorry to see you leave Informix, Jonathan. } } At any rate, best of success to you in your new endeavours. I hope } whoever snaps you up realizes the value of who you are and what you } contributed to Informix. As far as I'm concerned it ain't Informix } anymore without you. } } Sincerely, there ain't no other way to say it, } } Thanks! } } Tim } -- } Tim Schaefer \\\\|// } tschaefe@mindspring.com 6 6 } -------------------------------oOOo---( )---o00o---------------------- } http://www.inxutil.com ICQ:6358805 http://www.informix.com } http://www.iiug.org news://comp.databases.informix } mailto:majordomo@iiug.org no subject body: subscribe linux-informix } http://securities.stanford.edu/complaints/informix/ } ====================================================================== } } Jonathan Leffler wrote in message <69m28n$mot@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>... } >The next release of DBD::Informix, version 0.58, has been uploaded to CPAN. } >The timestamp from PAUSE was - Thu Jan 15 21:23:15 1998 UTC. } >It will be available worldwide in a day or three. } > } >Please note the change of contact address. As of 17th January 1998, I do } >not actually work for Informix. Email sent to johnl@informix.com will not } >be delivered to me -- it will bounce or vanish into the great bit bucket in } >the sky (aka /dev/null). } > } >DBD::Informix is the driver code that enables Perl 5.003 or 5.004 to access } >Informix databases via the DBI module (you'll need the code for both DBI } >version 0.90 and DBD::Informix). The code is available for download via: } > } >http://www.perl.org/CPAN/modules/by-category/07_Database_Interfaces } >http://www.arcana.co.uk/technologia/perl/DBI } > } >New in this release: } >* Corrected README file (0.57 had the wrong files released as READMEs; } sorry). } >* Integrated support for NT into Makefile.PL (with trivial changes } elsewhere). } >* Amended README to be more stringent on using C compiler to create shared } > libraries. } >* Fix bug for logged (non-ANSI) databases on BEGIN WORK when AutoCommit } Off. } >* Amend the place-holder parsing routine to ignore ':alpha' place-holders } > because they are syntactically indistinguishable from Informix's } > database:table notation. } > } >Still to do: } >* Add support for IUS data types. } >* Try to reproduce the problems reported by Kenji Hino <kenji@alcatraz.net> } > and then fix them. It is related null blobs and SQL error -608. } >* Resolve -R option on Solaris and equivalents for getting path name of } > Informix shared libraries into DBD::Informix shared library, so you don't } > need as much environment set at run-time. } >* Investigate whether using sqlda structures in place of SQL descriptors } > makes a significant difference to the performance of DBD::Informix. } >* Integrate sqlcmd.sh into the build more thoroughly. Document it. Make } > it bomb-proof (for example, it fails horribly if you don't have a '-d' } > option on the command line because there isn't a way to connect to a } > database. } > } >Let me know of problems, as usual, and solutions too when you have them. } > } >Enjoy! } > } >Jonathan Leffler (j.leffler@acm.org) #include <disclaimer.h> } > } >PS: Read the README file. Also read the Informix.Licence file. } > } >@(#)$Id: Announce,v 58.3 1998/01/15 18:52:32 johnl Exp $ } } -- Bill Ennis Voice: 312-474-7516 SSA Fax: 312-474-7460 500 W. Madison emails: ennis@ssax.com ennis@starnetusa.com