Cooked files and chunks are fuzzy

[TexasTess]

Hello,

First let me say that I didn't ask for this job, it was sort of pushed on me and I am simply trying to make the best out of a bad situation.

My database must reside on the same hard drive where the OS and all the other goodies live and if I am reading the docs correctly this calls for cooked files to define the dbspaces.

I don't have a tape ..I am not interested in backing the system up as I am only using it for testing purposes...but the database I need to create is very large. I simply cannot find a simple straight forward description of when and how to define the table spaces and dbspaces needed to setup this large database.

Can someone point me to a good reference book or website that might help me out?

 

[olded]

Tess:

Two good Informix DBA books:

1) Informix-Online Dynamic Server Handbook by Carlton Doe

2) Informix DBA Survival Guide by Joe Lumbley (Do NOT buy the first edition. It's totally out of date. Get the 2nd edition - the one with the Shark on the front.)

Unfortunately, I've only seen them selling used at Amazon.com.

For a beginner, I find Doe's book the best of the two, although I like both.

Regards,


Ed

 

[TexasTess]

THanks, I'll check into both of them