Online Notes

The following sections describe the online files that supplement the information in this manual. Please examine these files before you begin using your IBM Informix product. They contain vital information about application and performance issues.

Online File	Description	Format
Documentation Notes TOC	The Documentation Notes TOC (Table of Contents) file provides a comprehensive directory of hyperlinks to the release notes, the fixed and known defects file, and all the documentation notes files for individual manual titles.	HTML
Documentation Notes	The documentation notes file for each manual contains important information and corrections that supplement the information in the manual or information that was modified since publication.	HTML, text
Release Notes	The release notes file describes feature differences from earlier versions of IBM Informix products and how these differences might affect current products. For some products, this file also contains information about any known problems and their workarounds.	HTML, text
Machine Notes	The machine notes file describes any platform-specific actions that you must take to configure and use IBM Informix products on your computer.	text
Fixed and Known Defects File	This text file lists issues that have been identified with the current version. It also lists customer-reported defects that have been fixed in both the current version and in previous versions.	text

Online File

Description

Format

Documentation Notes TOC

The Documentation Notes TOC (Table of Contents) file provides a comprehensive directory of hyperlinks to the release notes, the fixed and known defects file, and all the documentation notes files for individual manual titles.

HTML

Documentation Notes

The documentation notes file for each manual contains important information and corrections that supplement the information in the manual or information that was modified since publication.

HTML, text

Release Notes

The release notes file describes feature differences from earlier versions of IBM Informix products and how these differences might affect current products. For some products, this file also contains information about any known problems and their workarounds.

HTML, text

Machine Notes

The machine notes file describes any platform-specific actions that you must take to configure and use IBM Informix products on your computer.

text

Fixed and Known Defects File

This text file lists issues that have been identified with the current version. It also lists customer-reported defects that have been fixed in both the current version and in previous versions.

text

Locating Online Notes

Online notes are available from the IBM Informix Online Documentation site at http://www.ibm.com/software/data/informix/pubs/library/ and in the IBM Informix Information Center at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/idshelp/v10/index.jsp. Additionally you can locate these files before or after installation as described below.

All online notes are located in the /doc directory of the product CD. The easiest way to access the documentation notes, the release notes, and the fixed and known defects file is through the hyperlinks from the Documentation Notes TOC file.

The machine notes file and the fixed and known defects file are provided only in text format.

On UNIX platforms in the default locale, the documentation notes, release notes, and machine notes files appear under the $INFORMIXDIR/release/en_us/0333 directory.

Online File	File Format	Examples
Documentation Notes TOC	prod_docnotes_toc_version.html	xps_docnotes_toc_8.51.html
Documentation Notes (for an individual manual)	prod_bookname_docnotes_version.html/txt	xps_dbaccess_docnotes_8.51.html
Release Notes	prod__release_notes_version.html/txt	xps_release_notes_8.51.txt
Machine Notes	prod_machine_notes_version.txt	xps_machine_notes_8.51.txt
Fixed and Known Defects File	prod_fixed_and_known_defects_version.txt prod_defects_version.txt	xps_fixed_and_known_defects_8.51.txt client_defects_2.90.txt

Online File

File Format

Examples

Documentation Notes TOC

prod_docnotes_toc_version.html

xps_docnotes_toc_8.51.html

Documentation Notes
(for an individual manual)

prod_bookname_docnotes_version.html/txt

xps_dbaccess_docnotes_8.51.html

Release Notes

prod__release_notes_version.html/txt

xps_release_notes_8.51.txt

Machine Notes

prod_machine_notes_version.txt

xps_machine_notes_8.51.txt

Fixed and Known
Defects File

prod_fixed_and_known_defects_version.txt
prod_defects_version.txt

xps_fixed_and_known_defects_8.51.txt
client_defects_2.90.txt

Online Notes

Locating Online Notes

Online Notes Filenames