SECTION 0 -- NOTES
    
<>    00.001 Contributors
    
    This FAQ is the work of numerous individuals working on it on their
    own time.  (At least) the following people contributed:
    
    Steve Caswell       sfc@tpghq.com
    Darrin Chaney       
    Laurie Comeau       lcomeau@unb.ca
    Michael Dorfman     MDORFMAN@hamp.hampshire.edu 
    Robert Griffith     rcg@swl.msd.ray.com
    Tracy Gulliver      tmg@unb.ca
    Roy Hann            rhann@tnc.com
    John Hascall        john@iastate.edu
    Tim Holmes          timh@psammead.demon.co.uk
    Jeffrey Horn        horn@cs.wisc.edu        
    Bruce Horrocks      bh@granby.demon.co.uk
    Angela Lamb         
    Mike Leo            mal@visi.com
    Brig McCoy          brigc@world.std.com
    Carole McMillan     carole@cent1.lancs.ac.uk
    Bob Salnick         salnick@dejavu.spk.wa.us
    
    Please direct all corrections, suggestions and complaints to the following
    email address:  ingfaq@naiua.org
    At this time, that will direct the messages to Bob Griffith and Roy Hann.
    Roy still hopes to be involved with the FAQ, but it will be to a lesser
    degree.
    
    New contributors are always welcome.  General expressions of praise
    and gratitude can be directed to any and all of the above.
    
    None of these people presently are employees of Computer Associates; 
    they may or may not have other official links to the company.
    
    
    
<>    00.002 Notations 
    
    Any non-trivial changes made since the immediately preceding version of
    the FAQ are identified by a `|' at the left of the page.  (If anyone
    misses some issues and wants a custom marked-up version, send mail to
    rhann@tnc.com indicating the version number of the last version you saw.
    Version 1.0 is the first version ever.)
    
    There are certainly numerous references to trademarked terms in this
    document.  Failure to acknowledge the registered owner of the trademark
    should not be construed as an attempt to contest or userp the trademark.
    
    
    
<>    00.003 Acronyms and Abbreviations
    
    3GL        so-called 3rd generation language (eg C, Cobol, FORTRAN)
    ANSI       American National Standards Institute
    API        Application Programming Interface
    BBS        Bulletin Board System
    CA	   Computer Associates International, Inc.
    DBA        Data Base Administrator
    DBMS       Data Base Management System
    DML        Data Manipulation Language
    FAQ        Frequently Asked Questions (Answered)
    FRS        (INGRES) Forms Run-Time System
    ISO        International Standards Organization
    ITSEC      International Technology Security Evaluation Criteria
    LAN        Local Area Network
    NAIUA      North American INGRES Users Association
    NCSC       National Computer Security Center
    OLTP       On-Line Transaction Processing
    PC         (IBM-style) Personal Computer
    PD         Public Domain 
    RDBMS      Relational Data Base Management System
    SIR        System Improvement Request
    TPC        Transaction Processing Council (and its benchmarks -A, -B, -C)
    
    Dramatis Personae
    
    RTI        Relational Technology Inc.
    ASK        The ASK Group (f. A. Sandra Kurtzig, founder)
    CA         Computer Associates
    
    Internet Shorthand (by popular demand)
    
    AFAIK      ...as far as I know...
    BTW        ...by the way...
    FWIW       ...for what it's worth...
    IMHO       ...in my [anything but] humble opinion...
    IMO        ...in my opinion...
    RTFM       Read the manual!
    TIA        ...thanks in advance...
    YMMV       ...your mileage may vary--indicates uncertainty
    :-)        smiley face--indicates levity
    ;-)        wink--indicates irony 
    :-(        sad face--indicates regret
    
    
    
<>    00.004 Changes in this Version
    
    (All minor corrections and clarifications are indicated with a vertical
    bar at the left of the page.  This section lists only changes  which 
    are not signalled sufficiently clearly with the bar at the the left.)
    
    ** All references to CA-OpenIngres and CA-OpenROAD have been changed to
       OpenIngres and OpenROAD respectively, consistent with current CA 
       practice.
    
    01 Sections 01.019 and 01.020 have been added.
    
    02 Sections 02.001 and 02.002 have benn added.
    
    03 Section 03.005 has been added.
    
    04 Section 04.005 has been added.
    
    07 Section 07.004 has been restored, Section 07.009 has been added.
    
    08 Sections 08.030, 08.037, 08.038 and 08.039 have been added.
    
    09 Mike Leo has replaced section 09.010
    
    14 Section 14.001 has been deleted.
    
    16 Section 16.005 has been added.
    
    91 All sections deleted.
    
    92 All sections deleted.
    
    99 Major revisions to virtually all sections; section 99.009 has been added
    
    
<>    00.005 Useful telephone numbers and E-mail addresses
    
    Phone Numbers
    ===== =======
    Computer Associates sales information . . . . . . . . . . . 1-800-CALL-CAI
    CA-World '97 conference and reservation information . . . . 1-800-CA-INFO97
    
    INGRES Technical Support  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  (516)342-5500
    
    E-Mail Addresses & URLs
    ====== ========= = ====
    mgmt@naiua.org  . . . . . . . . . . .  NAIUA info and membership enquiries
    ftp.naiua.org (/pub/ingres) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  INGRES ftp site
    http://www.naiua.org  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NAIUA Web site
    http://www.cai.com  . . . . . . . . . . . . . Computer Associates Web site
    http://www.caworld.com. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  CA World '97 Web site
    
    Also see section 99 of the FAQ for the address and telephone number of
    IUA officers in various countries.