FAQ Update
Bob asked when the Informix FAQ would next be updated. The maintainer, smooth1, said version 1.20 was out, adding Art Kagel's RAID 5 discussion, outer join information and Java tool notes, with planned sections on current bugs such as the -1263 datetime bug in IDS 9.2x. Bob could not find it on the IIUG site. Art Kagel suggested removing a redundant RAID5 post and corrected the PC_HASHSIZE note.
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Morning all, anyone know when the FAQ is going to get updated again? The current version still makes for good reading, but there are a load of new questions I see often which aren't even near it. brett
Now!! I have put out a new version with - RAID 5 diatribe from Art! - Outer join info from John L - Java stuff in the tools section (Sujit Pal is turning into a quiet JDBC guru!). - Lots more updates Version number bumped to 1.20 I plan to add:- - To the new section update the header to mention Art Kagel and John L's valuable contributions! A current bugs section which lists the bugs which have come up a lot on the newsgroup in the last few months..hopefully to increase the signal-to-noise ratio and allow pointers to the FAQ rather then repeated discussions. - Info on the -1263 'datetime' bug in IDS 9.2x (as this seems to be coming up a lot!). - Info on the strings overwriting bug in 4gl 7.30.UC1 as it is a serious 4gl bug in 7.3x. (And it is Fixing in 7.30.UC4)! NOTE NOTE: This section will be trimmed regularly when a fix has been out for a few months. Then the advice should be "upgrade!" rather than "we know about it - check the FAQ"! David. PS Anything else to add??? PPS Art - can you review the RAID section and possibly trim it. I think I found all your posts! - bob wrote in message ... >Morning all, > > anyone know when the FAQ is going to get updated again? The current > version still makes for good reading, but there are a load of new > questions I see often which aren't even near it. > >brett
Smells good, but where? www.iiug.org has no shown update brett > Now!! > > I have put out a new version with > > > - RAID 5 diatribe from Art! > - Outer join info from John L > - Java stuff in the tools section (Sujit Pal is turning into a quiet > JDBC guru!). > > - Lots more updates > > Version number bumped to 1.20 > > I plan to add:- > > - To the new section update the header to mention Art Kagel and > John L's valuable contributions! > > A current bugs section which lists the bugs which have come up > a lot on the newsgroup in the last few months..hopefully to > increase the signal-to-noise ratio and allow pointers to the FAQ > rather then repeated discussions. > > - Info on the -1263 'datetime' bug in IDS 9.2x (as this seems to be > coming up a lot!). > - Info on the strings overwriting bug in 4gl 7.30.UC1 as it is a serious > 4gl bug in 7.3x. (And it is Fixing in 7.30.UC4)! > > NOTE NOTE: This section will be trimmed regularly when a fix > has been out for a few months. Then the advice should be > "upgrade!" rather than "we know about it - check the FAQ"! > > > David. > > PS Anything else to add??? > > PPS Art - can you review the RAID section and possibly trim it. > I think I found all your posts! > - > bob wrote in message ... > >Morning all, > > > > anyone know when the FAQ is going to get updated again? The current > > version still makes for good reading, but there are a load of new > > questions I see often which aren't even near it. > >
David kill the 19 June posting on RAID5 it is completely redundant to the rest of the discussion. In 8.13 PC_HASHSIZE the note is incorrect. PC_HASHSIZE is related to PC_POOLSIZE, the former is the number of hash buckets and the latter is the number of entries permitted in each bucket. Similar entries for DS_HASHSIZE & DS_POOLSIZE should be added to control the size of the data distribution cache if needed. Art S. Kagel smooth1 wrote: > > Now!! > > I have put out a new version with > > - RAID 5 diatribe from Art! > - Outer join info from John L > - Java stuff in the tools section (Sujit Pal is turning into a quiet > JDBC guru!). > > - Lots more updates > > Version number bumped to 1.20 > > I plan to add:- > > - To the new section update the header to mention Art Kagel and > John L's valuable contributions! > > A current bugs section which lists the bugs which have come up > a lot on the newsgroup in the last few months..hopefully to > increase the signal-to-noise ratio and allow pointers to the FAQ > rather then repeated discussions. > > - Info on the -1263 'datetime' bug in IDS 9.2x (as this seems to be > coming up a lot!). > - Info on the strings overwriting bug in 4gl 7.30.UC1 as it is a serious > 4gl bug in 7.3x. (And it is Fixing in 7.30.UC4)! > > NOTE NOTE: This section will be trimmed regularly when a fix > has been out for a few months. Then the advice should be > "upgrade!" rather than "we know about it - check the FAQ"! > > David. > > PS Anything else to add??? > > PPS Art - can you review the RAID section and possibly trim it. > I think I found all your posts! > - > bob wrote in message ... > >Morning all, > > > > anyone know when the FAQ is going to get updated again? The current > > version still makes for good reading, but there are a load of new > > questions I see often which aren't even near it. > > > >brett