Re: New to Informix

From: jrw3319@gis.net (John Welch) > >Hello all, Hello. > My company recently purchased an Enterprise software package which >has IDS 7.x (sorry I don't know the exact version) as the backend >database. The current version of the software that we will be >installing is written in Informix 4GL. We are moving from a highly >customized software package that was written in ProvideX Business >Basic and does not contain a backend RDBMS. Myself and other memebers >of the IS department have very little experience with databases in >general, and no experience with Informix at all. However, we are >going to be a big part of a team that implements this new software >package, and will eventually administer the database and may even do >some development work. Oh, good. Well, I'm sure you'll be very happy. > I was wondering if anybody could point me in the right direction as >far as reference material on Informix (i.e. books, magazines, web http://www.informix.com/answers/ contains all the manuals. You can also check out http://www.iiug.org/ and http://www.inxutil.com/ There are a number of books, which you should find reference to in the FAQ (which is on iiug.org). >sites, etc.). Also, I have been looking into the training offered by >Informix. Can anybody share any experiences with these classes? They are very good. >Should I look to any outside sources for training? I notice that many >of the classes mention IDS.2000. Would these classes still be >benefitial to me even though I am running version 7.x? Yes. The core engine of IDS.2000 is IDS 7.30. > Any information that anybody could pass along would be greatly >appreciated. You also made a good start by asking here. Apart from me, the people on the list are very helpful and knowledgable. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com