Informix FAQ 2.1 now available
Hey World, The latest release of the Informix FAQ is now available for anonymous ftp from kcbbs.gen.nz:/informix This directory contains the Informix FAQ version 2.1 (January 17 1995). informix.faq.html.tar.Z - Compressed HTML version of the FAQ informix.faq.Z - Compressed plaintext version of the FAQ informix.apx.Z - Compressed plaintext version of the appendices (Unchanged since November 1994) I have yet to convert the appendices to HTML format. Opinions on the new format are welcome. I realise that the plain-text version isn't as nice as it used to be, but the beauty of The Web kinda outways that shortcoming (I think). Anybody who wants to put the HTML version on a Web Server please let me know and I'll promote your site. I haven't told Bert about this version yet so http://cc1.kuleuven.ac.be/student/informix-faq.html. is NOT NOT NOT this latest release (in fact it's very old) Regards, Kerry S (Who is revelling in the power of his brand-new second-hand 386DX40!) 0 FAQ FACTS 0.1 WHAT'S NEW IN THIS RELEASE OF THE FAQ? NEW! The Informix FAQ has been converted to HTML format, for easy use with your favorite Web Browser 2.5 Other Mailing lists describes the Informix User Group Mailing List, and the Fourgen mailing list. 5.7 I want to CREATE a TEMP TABLE LIKE permanent table 6.17 Reading SE Audit Trails 8.4 How can I run tbtape from a cron job? 8.5 Calculating extent sizes 8.6 How can I list a table's dbspace? 8.7 How should I use the "informix" user & group? 8.8 How can I measure CPU time? 10.6 Recommended free software IMPROVED! 1.1 Who, or what, is Informix? includes another US address, 0800 numbers, a Web address, and Email contact. 1.4.1 Engines now includes Stephen Morrow's summary of how far people have pushed SE. 1.6 What are TPC-C benchmarks? has been expanded to include a table of recent TPC-C figures. 5.2 How can I use the results of an SQL query in a shell script? now includes Gary Broughton's comments about testing isql's exit status. 11.2 I've finished the FAQ, what else can I read? has had a nice comment about Joe Lumbley's DBA Survival Guide added, and ISBN numbers for more of the new books. 11.5 What is Informix-Link? now includes a pointer to the Web version of I-Link. 11.6 Does Informix run under Linux? now includes a play-by-play checklist of the things you have to do to get the SCO port of Informix to run under Linux, and a few thoughts on why you can't use ESQL/C or tools > 4.1. 0.2 HOW CAN I GET THE LATEST COPY OF THE FAQ? 0.2.1 anonymous ftp The latest version of this document can be retrieved via anonymous ftp. Get a copy of "informix.faq.Z" and "informix.apx.Z" o kcbbs.gen.nz in the "informix" directory o mathcs.emory.edu in "/pub/informix/faq" You can drop the .Z suffix if you want an unCOMPRESSed flat ASCII file. 0.2.2 World Wide Web Bert Barbe (stud01@cc4.kuleuven.ac.be) has put an OLD HTML version of the FAQ on: URL http://cc1.kuleuven.ac.be/student/informix-faq.html. It may also be available at: http://www.visionware.co.uk/informix-faq.html. 0.2.3 comp.databases.informix I post the FAQ to c.d.i on or about the 8th of the month. Soon it'll appear in comp.answers and news.answers too. 0.2.4 email If you don't have access to FTP try using a FTP-by-mail server. Send a message with "help" in the subject line to the nearest one of: o ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com o ftpmail@sunsite.unc.edu o ftpmail@doc.ic.ac.uk o ftp-mailer@informatik.tu-muenchen.de o ftpmail@grasp.insa-lyon.fr o ftpmail@cs.uow.edu.au 0.3 WHO DO I COMPLAIN TO? Kerry Sainsbury Home: kerry@kcbbs.gen.nz. Ph +64 9 266-6011 (GMT+12!) Work: kerry@quack4.quanta.co.nz. Ph +64 9 377-4473, Fax 309-5684 Quanta Systems, Auckland, New Zealand --------------------------------------,------------------------------------- Kerry Sainsbury, kerry@kcbbs.gen.nz | THE INFORMIX FAQ Quanta Systems, Auckland, New Zealand | kcbbs.gen.nz:/informix/* | mathcs.emory.edu:/pub/informix/faq/* +64 9 377-4473 (work) 276-5546 (home) | quasar.ucar.edu:/?