Re: New Era

In article <3bnmcm$qfa@emory.mathcs.emory.edu>, informix@asl3.asl-labs.bc.ca (Informix Sysadmin) wrote: > We've just recently received some promo material on New Era from > Informix. We are looking at developing Client Front Ends for our UNIX > ONLINE database. Is this a good way to go? Will we be able to use > much/most of our present 4gl code and "pretty" it up with the New Era (to > start with)? You'll be able to reuse all of your 4GL code, except that which is used for User I/O (ie: form and input commands). I've been reading the NewEra documentation in my spare time this week and it looks like a lovely product. I can't wait to get into it, but I don't think it's something you should rush into - I'm planning on doing a lot more reading and a lot more thinking before I start coding. (I really don't want to make the same sort of stupid mistakes with NewEra that the people who originally wrote the 4GL application I work with did) BTW: You're a crazy man for using the "informix" account for anything other than Informix administration. Regards, Kerry S --------------------------------------,------------------------------------- Kerry Sainsbury, kerry@kcbbs.gen.nz | THE INFORMIX FAQ Quanta Systems, Auckland, New Zealand | kcbbs.gen.nz:/informix/* | mathcs.emory.edu:/pub/informix/faq/* +64 9 377-4473 (work) 276-5546 (home) | quasar.ucar.edu:/?