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1. Introduction

1.1 Revision History

Version 0.4

02 November 1998

  1. Added news about forthcoming Informix products
  2. Added information on glibc version
  3. Answered "What's the difference between sqlexec and sqlexecd?"
  4. Rewrote section on creating informix user and group accounts
  5. Added future-proofing
  6. Added bug number
  7. Added "Abbreviations" section
  8. Improved discussion of multi-processor and thread-related issues
  9. Added/corrected pointers to additional resources
  10. Elaborated on why NFS-mounted databases are evil
  11. Minor organizational changes
  12. Fixed more typos

Version 0.3

First general release - 25 September 1998

  1. Clarified issues about sqlexec, zombies
  2. Added pointer to PHP
  3. New question about NFS
  4. Minor organizational changes
  5. Corrected typos

Version 0.2

First release version - 20 Septmber 1998

Version 0.1

Draft version - 18 Septmber 1998

Posted to comp.databases.informix and the linux-informix IIUG mailing list only.

1.2 Disclaimer

(c) 1998 Kurt Wall, All Rights Reserved

This FAQ is freed documentation; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.

This document is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You can obtain a copy of the GNU General Public License by writing to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 674 Mass Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

All errors are strictly my responsibility: after applying corrections sent in by helpful folks, any remaining typos and bad information are my fault. That said, if you start global thermonuclear war based on what you read here, that's your fault!

1.3 Distribution

This FAQ will be updated as necessary and, more likely, as I have time. I'll attempt to do it approximately monthly. It can be viewed online at:

I have been very flattered by offers and efforts to translate this FAQ into other languages. The current list includes:

To retrieve it via anonymous FTP, try:

I hope to post to the usual Linux web and FTP sites, as well. Intraware will also be mirroring this FAQ (thanks, Dan) and will include a link to it in the registration email they send out.

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