Re: Quickly navigating between IBM doc pages for different versions

[Justin Dearing <zippy1981@xxxxxxxxx>]

That's simple enough for me. A drop down would be nice though. Thanks

Justing

On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 1:59 PM <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I just change the URL.
>
> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_72/rzajq/rzajqkickoff.htm?lang=en
>
> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_71/rzajq/rzajqkickoff.htm?lang=en
>
> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_61/rzajq/rzajqkickoff.htm?lang=en
> All work.
> I've not tried a V5R4 link.
>
> I realize that's not the Windows way so it may be unacceptable for some,
> but it works for me.
>
> I am unhappy with only seeing "added in V3R2" or whatever for very limited
> items.  Of course, in the age of Technology Refreshes they would have to
> modify that a bit.  Hmm, "added 7.1 - DB Group x, 7.2 - DB Group y'?
>
> Rob Berendt
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> From:   Justin Dearing <zippy1981@xxxxxxxxx>
> To:     Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:   10/21/2015 01:43 PM
> Subject:        Quickly navigating between IBM doc pages for different
> versions
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>
> Hello,
>
> In the MSDN (Microsoft's technical documentation), If I was looking at e.g
> the CREATE TABLE document for  SQL Server 2016 and wanted to navigate to
> SQL Server 2005, there is a nice "Other versions" link right at the top.
>
> https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-ca/library/ms174979.aspx
>
> On the IBM i, I don't see a simple 2-click (1. expand the popup. 2. click
> the version link) way of doing  that. Its annoying because google often
> leads me to the v5.4 docs, and I'm usually dealing with v7.1 or v7.2
> systems. Also, as a consultant, I will likely be dealing with multiple
> different versions.
>
> Is this an annoyance I have to live with, or am I not seeing a navigation
> icon?
>
> Justin
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