Re: Informix 4.1 vs later versions
In article <1992Oct8.143255.24782@cbfsb.cb.att.com> nll@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (neal.l.leitner) writes: >From article <1992Oct8.121056.19648@cs.umb.edu>, by tchow@ra.cs.umb.edu (Tony Yee Chow): >> Our company is going to install an Informix system and I would like to know >> which version of Informix is better (programming bugs, stability, and helpful >> hints). I have heard that 4.1 is the most stable version so far. Is that >> Tony Chow. < >I had to chuckle a little when you used the word "stable". I am using >Informix 4.10 UC4 for AT&T Unix version 4.0. The 4gl in earlier releases >of 4.10 was pretty buggy, with core dumps when executing 4gl programs. It ... >release is 4.10 UC4, which seems ok except for one bug that was uncovered the >and your terminal is not listed, it will dump a core. >Otherwise I have not noticed anything else yet with 4.10 UC4. < >Neal Leitner We moved from 4.1 to 5.0 a few months ago. We haven't had a single problem with 5.0 yet! We have even found a use for stored procedures to solve an integration problem. :-) We are using SunOS 4.1.2, ESQL/C, some 4GL, with IQ report writer, and OpenUI as the GUI front-end on IPC workstations. -- ,-_|\\ Adam Tiller Phone: +61 3 280 2322 / \\ Co-Cam Computer Group Fax: +61 3 416 2985 \\_,-._/ Abbotsford, Melbourne Work: adamt@auzodt3.mel.cocam.oz.au v AUSTRALIA Play: adamt@peg.apc.org