|
Al, It does make you wonder what they have been smoking back there! :-) An observation from here is that as the AS/400 and RS/6000 have drawn closer and closer together from a hardware perspective, you are seeing more of the UNIX mentality in terms of release upgrade/distribution coming into the AS/400 arena. The situation below happens quite frequently in that world.... Another observation would be that in late 3d quarter, who would be running up a PTF of that order and magnitude given that you should have stabilized your software upgrades for Y2K in that timeframe.... And they sure did not consider disaster recovery in this scenario..... Regards, Mike Shaw Senior AS/400 Tech Support North American Mortgage Santa Rosa, CA -----Original Message----- From: Al Barsa, Jr. <barsa2@ibm.net> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com> Date: Friday, July 09, 1999 7:08 AM Subject: Picture Support in the Database (was: Re: Ebay...) >At 05:50 PM 7/8/99 -0500, you wrote: > >Hi, > >Picture support is coming. > >IBM lied to us when they told us that there would only be one release in >1999. They were (rightly so) afraid that users would rebel if they got a >new release to put on in the last half of the year. > >So as to not create a commotion, the next "release" (I call it a release >because it will cause database incompatibilities) will be supplied by PTF >in the late third quarter. It will allow us to store pictures and other >"small" files in AS/400 data fields, with references to bigger pictures >(e.g.: AVIs) as references to the IFS. > >Because the brain-dead people at IBM feel that the holy grail of the world >is SQL, you will only be able to define these functions through SQL. If >you save a database containing these features, you will not be able to >restore it to another V4R4 system unless it has the same PTFs. (Sounds >like a new release to me. I suggested to IBM that they call this new >function V4R4M1, and my suggestions were disregarded. > >Al > > >>Why wouldn't the AS/400 work with all the pictures? They would be stored >>in a directory accessed by reference from the database. >> >>Also, doesn't V4R4 handle objects like JPGs? >>---Bob >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Peter H. O'Connor [SMTP:PHOC@compuserve.com] >>Sent: Thursday, July 08, 1999 12:33 PM >>To: INTERNET:MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com >>Subject: Re: The Magic Box >> >>Bob >> >>IBM should give ebay a box free and write it off to advertising. But IBM >>has to get DB2 to work with all of those pictures on ebay. >> >>Peter H. O'Connor >>www.paeinc.com >>978-744-8612 > > > >+--------------------------------------------------+ >| Please do not send private mail to this address. | >| Private mail should go to barsa@ibm.net. | >+--------------------------------------------------+ > >Al Barsa, Jr. - Account for Midrange-L >Barsa Consulting, LLC. >400 >Phone: 914-251-1234 >Fax: 914-251-9406 >http://www.barsaconsulting.com >http://www.taatool.com > >+--- >| This is the Midrange System Mailing List! >| To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. >| To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. >| To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. >| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com >+--- > +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
This mailing list archive is Copyright 1997-2025 by midrange.com and David Gibbs as a compilation work. Use of the archive is restricted to research of a business or technical nature. Any other uses are prohibited. Full details are available on our policy page. If you have questions about this, please contact [javascript protected email address].
Operating expenses for this site are earned using the Amazon Associate program and Google Adsense.