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Re: Unformatted output of on-commands.

Posted By: John Miller iii
Date: Monday, 12 April 2010, at 12:38 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Unformatted output of on-commands. (Art Kagel)

If you do want a brush up on this functionality I could suggest my IIUG
tutorial at this years IIUG conference. The tutorial will talk about the
new functionality added in the sysadmin database in version 11 and
how DBA and programmers can utilize it.

John F. Miller III
STSM, Support Architect
miller3@us.ibm.com
503-578-5645
IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS)

ids-bounces@iiug.org wrote on 04/12/2010 08:01:22 AM:

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> Art Kagel
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> I don't know what you are talking about, Frank. Onstat output is very
> neatly formatted, it's just pure text which is good because the Informix
> user community has been writing scripts to parse that output for over 25
> years! If you are complaining about how the onstat outputs look when
people
> post them to the forums, that's a problem with the poster and your
browser
> or email handler. The text is being rendered in your default font because

> the posters either posted as pure text or in the poster's default font
> because they posted using their default fonts. To properly show onstat
> output you have to post using a fixed width font like courier.
>
> As for autonomics, the last four releases of IDS have included increasing

> numbers and scope of the autonomic features included and that will
continue
> in the next release. In addition to that, you can program your own
> autonomic responses to server events using the EVENTALARM program/script
> parameter in the ONCONFIG file or using the features in AGS's Server
Studio
> and Sentinel a basic license for which are included in your purchase of
> IDS. Frank, it is clear that you like the product and are a savvy
> developer, but your understanding of the product line is several years
> out-of-date. Welcome back to the active Informix community and give
> yourself time to come back up to speed.
>
> Art
>
> Art S. Kagel
> Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com)
> IIUG Board of Directors (art@iiug.org)
>
> See you at the 2010 IIUG Informix Conference
> April 25-28, 2010
> Overland Park (Kansas City), KS
> www.iiug.org/conf
>
> Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions
and
> do not reflect on my employer, Advanced DataTools, the IIUG, nor any
other
> organization with which I am associated either explicitly, implicitly, or
by
> inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals
> affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the
> entities themselves.
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> On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 10:05 AM, FRANK@ FRANKCOMPUTER.COM <
> frank@frankcomputer.com> wrote:
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> > Can IBM do something about all these unformatted output of onstat and
other
> > "on" commands? It certainly would help for easier readability. I can't
> > believe
> > that in the 21st. century we're still looking at things that look like
they
> > came out of the 1960's! IDS also needs to be more autonomic, it reminds
me
> > of
> > having to keep track of and tweak a zillion things like an IMS
database!
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Messages In This Thread

• Unformatted output of on-commands.
  FRANK@ FRANKCOMPUTER.COM -- Monday, 12 April 2010, at 10:05 a.m.
  • Re: Unformatted output of on-commands.
    Madison Pruet -- Monday, 12 April 2010, at 10:15 a.m.
    • Re: Unformatted output of on-commands.
      FRANK@ FRANKCOMPUTER.COM -- Monday, 12 April 2010, at 10:47 a.m.
      • Re: Unformatted output of on-commands.
        Obnoxio The Clown -- Monday, 12 April 2010, at 10:52 a.m.
      • Re: Unformatted output of on-commands.
        Madison Pruet -- Monday, 12 April 2010, at 10:59 a.m.
      • Re: Unformatted output of on-commands.
        Richard Snoke -- Monday, 19 April 2010, at 11:11 a.m.
  • Re: Unformatted output of on-commands.
    Art Kagel -- Monday, 12 April 2010, at 11:01 a.m.
    • Re: Unformatted output of on-commands.
      John Miller iii -- Monday, 12 April 2010, at 12:38 p.m.

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