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On 26th May 1999 kagel@bloomberg.net (Art S. Kagel) wrote:-
It is almost always more productive to post your problem, with as much information as is reasonable (ie don't post onstat -a output unless someone asks for it but if relevant a particular onstat report and your versions, platform, and onconfig file usually help) RATHER than to post a question or propose a solution and ask our opinions on it in a vacuum.
So how to determine what is the problem and how to fix. Post the following:
ONCONFIG file onstat -m or last 20 lines of message log if online down onstat -p (same as for -F need 1/2 days stats here) onstat -d onstat -D onstat -F (at least 1/2 day after the last startup or onstat -z) onstat -R (preferably shortly before an expected checkpoint) onstat -l (again shortly before an expected checkpoint) onstat -k (just the first 20 and last few lines) onstat -g glo (same as for -F need 1/2 days stats here) onstat -g iov (same as for -F need 1/2 days stats here) onstat -g iof (same as for -F need 1/2 days stats here) onstat -g ioq (same as for -F need 1/2 days stats here) onstat -g seg contents of any af.* files produced
On 15th Sep 1999 djw@smooth1.demon.co.uk (David Williams) wrote:-
This of course applies to Online. Whatever the problem you should being it with the following information:-
E.g. I am using Informix Online 7.23.UC1 on a Sun E450 server running Solaris 2.5.1... or I am using Online 7.30.TC1 on a Dell PC running NT 4.0 with Service Pack 4 installed.. .
On 21st Sep 1999 kagel@bloomberg.net (Art S. Kagel) wrote:-
Also do not: o Post HTML - many of us use UNIX based text only mailers o Post BASE64 encoded messages Try, as far as it is possible, to: o Post in English - this is not chauvinism, most of us are English speaking and so you will take advantage of the most resourses. If one does not speak English, post whatever you have to, we'll give it a try. o Post in Latin/Roman characters - like above, posting in Cyrillic, Chinese, or Japanese character reduces your audience. Sorry you caught this diatribe, Howard, but periodically we have to remind newcomers how to help us to best help them.
That aside, SHORT postings which mention Informix by name don't seem to attract much adverse reaction.
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Seth Grimes (grimes@magnet.com) writes:
I've started a new mailing list:
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On 18th Dec 1997 forrey@wsu.edu (Dale Forrey) wrote:-
I am pleased to announce a new listserv aimed at universities, colleges, research institutions, and schools who use Informix products. The list (called edu-users) is designed to bring this part of the Informix community closer together. It is hoped that the list will provide a forum to exchange ideas on how Informix products are being used in educational and research settings.
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