Re: Ingres Replicator on HP-UX

>The major differences between 2.0 and 2.5 will be that the change
>recorder is now built into the DBMS and the replicator server is
>generic - and therefore doesn't have to be built.

Thanks Paul! That's exactly the information that I was looking for.
Eric Mischke had already indicated to me that he thought it was no
longer necessary to have a compiler; but it's great to substantiate it
with a reason why! Is there a "new features" guide or whitepaper for
Replicator 2.5 /2.6 anywhere out there, that specifically targets the
changes from 2.0 to the latest version?

>Are you sure you read the 2.5 manual? In any case 2.5 was when we
>introduced the generic replication server so you won't need a C
>compiler to build one.

I WAS sure ... but after downloading the 2.5 manual you linked I went
back and double-checked my 2.6 manual in the original 2.6 distribution
tar and -- lo-and-behold -- the Product Requirements specification no
longer mentions ESQL-C and a compiler. My only explanation is that,
when I went to downoad the Ingres II 2.0 rep.pdf, I overwrote the
original rep.pdf file. So when I compared them, they seemed to be
identical (wrt the product requirements).

So this is very good news for the customer; just too bad I didn't know
that and tell them up front! It of course means that it makes no sense
to install replicator now then migrate in November; so we're going to
try and accelerate the upgrade to 2.6 before installing Replicator.

Thanks again for the help!

James Gramling
Commit Work Informática
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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