Re: ODBC on UNIX?

Posted in 1994

Topics: Connectivity: ODBC / JDBC / .NET, Networking & sqlhosts Configuration

David Harold Lipschitz — Fri, 18 Nov 1994 08:53:30 +0000 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <3adnqu$puq@newsbf01.news.aol.com> mikemck888@aol.com "MikeMck888" writes: > > In article <35k0nf$5ql@emory.mathcs.emory.edu>, > tntow@hsv21.pcmail.ingr.com ("Tow, Timothy N") writes: > > Tim, > > Is it difficult to connect MS Access 2.0 to an Informix SE database? I am > currently woking with Andynes GQL product but would prefer to stay on the > MS platform. > > Mike McKenna > mikemck888@aol.com > I did this with Q+E ODBC drivers on the PC, the I-Net product on the PC and Unix machine and FTP's PC/TCP on the PC.I tried PCI and LAN Workplace for DOS (Novell's product), but neither of these worked. The reason is that although the TCP/IP protocol is standard on a horizontal level (i.e. between machines) the vertical (OSI model) stack is not standard. -- David H Lipschitz email: david@lipdav.demon.co.uk Orbital Decisions: decision support services to bulk shipping companies The opinions are probably those of my company. I own the company If you don't try, you won't know