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From: cryptkpr@cc.utah.edu (H. CARLTON DOE III)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Informix--can you run code across an NFS mount??
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Date: 28 May 91 05:26:03 GMT
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I have the typical distributed db environment with an OnLine engine sitting
on a fast server and some 386 front ends running the 4gls/sqls.  Unfortunately,
I have users who physically hop between front ends depending on their loads and
projects and the task of keeping all the software updated on the right machines
at thge right times is becoming a hassle.

My question is this: I want to put all of my .4gi's/.frm's/.sql's in one set
of directories on one machine which would be NFS auto-mounted by the other
machines on the net.  Will this work?? Has anyone out there tried it and
with what results?  In theory the idea sounds great but I KNOW there HAVE
to be some gotcha's.

Any info either posted here or e-mailed would be appreciated.

    the Crypt Keeper
    aka Carlton Doe
    at Spectrum Field Services
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