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Last updated 5th October, 2001.
I have really fallen down on keeping this up to date. It is a mixture of forgetting to update this part for each change and then forgetting what I have done when I do get here. All I can say is that I am constantly trying to improve it, keep and eye on the last updated date (above) and I will try to keep that up-to-date. I am still learning how to manage a web site, any tips will most gratefully be received, direct help even more so.
I have had offers from a couple of people to write sections (I will be in touch to get your sections added for the next release, thanks), but if you feel that you are in a position to add support for a section, or if you have some FAQs to add, please let me know. This is a resource that we should all support, so send me the stuff and I will include it.
Currently I am looking for maintainers of a section for Replication, Adaptive Server Anywhere, IQ server, MPP Server and Open Server. I am not sure whether to add a section for Omni Server. I sort of feel that since Omni has been subsumed into ASE as CIS that any questions FAQs should really be incorporated there. However, if you know of some good Omni gotchas or tips, whether they are still there in CIS or not, please send them in. I certainly plan to have a subsection of ASE dealing with CIS even if Omni does not get its own major section. I also think that we need sections on some of the really new stuff. Jaguar and the new engines also deserve a spot.
Another very useful way that you can help is in getting people to update their links. I have seen lots of links recently, some still pointing to Pablo's original, some pointing to Tom's site but referring to it as coming from the SGI site.
The current maintainer is David Owen (dowen@midsomer.org) and you can send errors in the FAQ directly to me. If you have an FAQ item (both the question and the answer) send it to sybfaq@midsomer.org and I will include it.
Do not send email to any of the officials at the ISUG, they are simply hosting the FAQ and are not responsible for its contents.
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Special thanks must go to the following people for their help in getting this FAQ to where it is today.
Pablo Sanchez for getting the FAQ off the ground in the first place and for many years of dedicated work in maintaining it.
Anthony Mandic (am@peppler.org) for a million things. Patiently answering questions in all of the Sybase news groups, without which most beginners would be lost. For supporting and encouraging me in getting this FAQ together and for providing some pretty neat graphics.
The ISUG, especially Luc Van der Veurst (lucv@az.vub.ac.be) and Michael Peppler (mpeppler@peppler.org), for hosting this FAQ and providing support in setting up the website.
The members of the various news groups and mailing lists who, like Anthony, provide unstinting support. The list is fairly long, but I think that Bret Halford (bret@sybase.com) deserves a mention. If you go to Deja News and do a search, he submits even more replies than Anthony.
I am not sure how Pablo chose his select list, there is certainly no question as to their inclusion. I know that there are a couple of awards that the ISUG give out each year for the people that the ISUG members believe have contributed most to the Sybase community that year. I think that this section should honour those people that deserve an award each and every year. If you know of a candidate, let me know and I will consider his or her inclusion. Self nominations are not acceptable :-)
The following people have made it to the Sybase FAQ Hall of Fame:
Michael Peppler (mpeppler@peppler.org) For Sybperl and all of the other tools of which he is author or instigator plus the ceaseless support that he provides through countless mailing lists, newsgroups and directly via email.
Scott Gray (gray@voicenet.com) Father of sqsh, much more than simply a replacement for isql. How anyone developing or administering Sybase can survive without it, I will never know.
Pablo Sanchez (pablo@divideview.com) Pablo got the first web based FAQ off the ground, wrote all of the first edition and then maintained it for a number of years. He did a fantastic job, building a resource that is worth its weight in gold.
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