Re: upgrade

ppr@deckard.hb.north.de (Patrick Preuss) wrote: :Nils.Myklebust@idg.no (Nils Myklebust) wrote: :>First you should go to version 7.21, not 7.20. :Because it's newer or because 7.20 is unusable (that would save me :from a weekend full of work, upgrading from 7.13 to 7.20UC2)? It contains the OnBar backup utility and other enhanced features (SNMP support if you need that). I haven't checked but it probably contains bug fixes as well. :>Se Tech Alert at :>http://www.informix.com/informix/services/ilink/alerts/111896.htm :>You definitly want to read the following document: :>http://www.informix.com/informix/services/ilink/alerts/101796.htm :>You need access to the Tech Info Center to read these documents. You :>get that with an appropriate support agreament with Informix. :Do you mean that I buy a bad (I'd like to swear, but words escape me) :product, and to read about the place and time where my business will :break down I must buy this 'Tech Alert'-support-thing!?!? First it isn't bad. Second if you have a problem with a support contract on a product like the Informix OnLine engines you will have problems with every product in this category. Do you expect this kind of product to be totaly bug free? You shurly can't have any operating system on your computer. You would hit bugs. Even if you hit no bug (we have no significant problems even with a version known to have several of them) do you expect everything to run so smoothly at all times that you will never need any kind of support? Access to the Tech Info Center (with the Tech Alert's) are included with standard support contracts, so it is not something additional to buy. :This is already the last project we do with Informix, so it's just for :info. Sorry to hear that. I hope you will become a happy customer of whatever product you choose. :Bye, :Patrick :--- :Patrick Preuss http://home.t-online.de/home/patrick.preuss : ppr@deckard.hb.north.de :We are all working together to one end, :some with knowledge and design, and others :without knowing what they do. Marcus Aurelius Nils.Myklebust@idg.no NM Data AS, P.O.Box 9090 Gronland, N-0133 Oslo, Norway My opinions are those of my company The Informix FAQ is at http://www.iiug.org