Re: Alternatives in using and managing the HPL for 7.x

Tim Schaefer wrote: > > Hi everyone! > > :-) Whaat? > I've been spending some considerable time working with the high > performance loader for 7.x and I must say what a piece of crap > it is. > > :-) Whaaaat? Are my flies undone? > I can't figure out why we are forced to use the onpload data base. > Who on earth designed this thing??? It would be so nice to be > able to use the HPL like the 8.x HPL, and avoid the really badly > designed user interface in the 7.,x product, and having to use > the onpload data base. ( 8.x loader doesn't even have a GUI or > a data base, and comes with its own language. ) There are features in each engine which will never make it across to the other. These development teams are like two rival companies. They fight it out for top honours, never sharing code developments. Although 7 & 9 got merged, I don't think you will ever see 8 & 9 merge. In fact you could well see 8 disappear in a few years due to lack of interest from the buying public. IMO. > Is there a utility or tool somebody has written to overcome this > sloppy design? I'm working on my own, but sheesh, what a badly > designed product onpload/ipload is. It uses terminology that is > inconsistent, and confusing to say the least. There has got to > be a better way. Imagine having to set up 500 tables to unload > with the 7.x HPL! It'd take longer to set it up than unload it! > And what if I want to duplicate the work on several machines? > Argh! Imagine trying to load a Baan database with HPL. We are talking about roughly 2200 tables PER COMPANY. I have 35000 tables in one database! Double Argh! Cheers, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | Mark D. Stock mailto:mdstock@mydas.freeserve.co.uk |//////// /| | http://www.informix.com http://www.informixhandbook.com |///// / //| | http://www.iiug.org +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | |What year 2000 bug? year 2000 bug? |/// / ////| | |year 2000 bug? year 2000 bug? year |// / /////| | |2000 bug? year 2000 bug? year 1900 |/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+