VERY Old RDB Manuals (V2.3) wanted!

[Database Administrator]

On Jul 27, 11:45*am, vaxorcist wrote:
> RDB V2.3 (or any other Version 2.x or 3.x) manuals wanted to borrow,
> buy oder trade for hobbyist use.
> Genuine manuals, copies or files (pdf/tiff/...), anything is welcome!
>
> Regards
>
> Ulli

Ulli,

Please send me email on may HP email account.
thanks
Sue Skonetski

[Database Administrator]

On 28 Jul., 23:05, "Dann Corbit" wrote:

> You won't want to use version 2.x or 3.x unless you really have to. There
> was an 80% improvment in performance between version 3.0 and 4.1. See:
> "How the Rdb/VMS Data Sharing System Became Fast (1992) "
> by David Lomet Rick Anderson T. K. Rengarajan Peter Spiro
>
> I can probably find manuals for 4.0 and above somewhere. I have all Rdb
> versions from 4.0 up to modern versions.

Thank you for the hint on the article about RDB performance.
I will read it carefully.
Nevertheless I want to run RDB on OLD VAX hardware using VMS V4 as a
Hobbyist. So there's no need for speed - it's all for fun!

Regards

Ulli

P.S.
May I ask for help again when I want to use newer versions (e.g. V4)
additionally?

[Database Administrator]

On 29 Jul., 20:12, Rich Jordan wrote:
> Ulli,
> sorry, but that is definitely earlier than anything I have in
> storage. I have one or two of the kits that DEC sent out in plastic
> CD folders (looked like floppy disk cases) before they moved to the
> early pasteboard folders but I think they're from late '89 at the
> absolute earliest.
>
> Actually those may be more accessible since they didn't fit in
> the box with the pasteboard ones. I'll check if I can.
>
> Rich

Sounds like RDB V3.x, probably V3.1.
Would be very nice if you could have a look and check!
Thank you!

Regards

Ulli

[Database Administrator]

"vaxorcist" wrote in message
news:336cba58-59ae-498b-adf8-03a0e3089401@c58g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
> On 28 Jul., 23:05, "Dann Corbit" wrote:
>
>> You won't want to use version 2.x or 3.x unless you really have to.
>> There
>> was an 80% improvment in performance between version 3.0 and 4.1. See:
>> "How the Rdb/VMS Data Sharing System Became Fast (1992) "
>> by David Lomet Rick Anderson T. K. Rengarajan Peter Spiro
>>
>> I can probably find manuals for 4.0 and above somewhere. I have all Rdb
>> versions from 4.0 up to modern versions.
>
> Thank you for the hint on the article about RDB performance.
> I will read it carefully.
> Nevertheless I want to run RDB on OLD VAX hardware using VMS V4 as a
> Hobbyist. So there's no need for speed - it's all for fun!
>
> Regards
>
> Ulli
>
> P.S.
> May I ask for help again when I want to use newer versions (e.g. V4)
> additionally?

Sure, that's what Usenet is for.
Rdb V 4.2.1 is really the minimum that I would run, since there were so many
bugs fixed and also the big speedup.
Consider:
http://www.sciinc.com/remotedba/tech...nfo/rdb410.asp
http://www.sciinc.com/remotedba/tech...nfo/rdb411.asp
http://www.sciinc.com/remotedba/tech...nfo/rdb420.asp
http://www.sciinc.com/remotedba/tech...nfo/rdb421.asp

We've got it running on an old VAX running VMS 6.1 here:

SQL> show version
Current version of SQL is: VAX SQL V4.2-1
SQL> attach 'filename cnxdir:connx_rdb_examples';
SQL> show tables
User tables in database with filename cnxdir:connx_rdb_examples
BLOBTEST
CUSTOMERS
EQUIPMNT
EQUIP_VIEW A view.
ORDERS
PRODUCTS
PRODUCT_GROUPS
SQL>


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