Re: sqlplus like utility for informix?

I don't know sqlplus and how that works. I do know that dbaccess must be one of the most primitive utilities arround. You can't even scroll backward, much less horisontally. Have you tried MS Access. At this level it's query builder is a fine tool that works excelently with Informix databases for many purposes. There are of course several things you should be careful about, such as large datasets, fancy updates and so on. For query and analysis of releatively small datasets (to perhaps 100.000 rows) it works nicely for us. (We don't currently do updates at all via MS Access.) Why Informix hasn't come out with a tool like this I don't know (not the full MS Access package, but a query builder with update functionallity to replace dbaccess). I haven't tried Viewpoint Pro lately. May be that is a reasonable tool by now. At the time I did try it, it could only display data, and you had do do a lot of work on laying out the data on screen. Nils.Myklebust@ccmail.telemax.no NM-data, Dalsbergstien 7, N-0170 Oslo, Norway My opinions are those of my company > Spokey the Wheeler <spokey@haunted.demon.co.uk> writes: > In article <43kokl$ouk@kocrsv08.delcoelect.com> > awdorrin@ictest.delcoelect.com "Albert W. Dorrington" writes: > > > Are there any utility programs, like Oracle's sqlplus > > for Informix? I've been messing around with Informix's 'dbaccess' > > program and it seems _very_ awkward. > > Hahahahahahahaha! This sounds *very* sad to me! :-) > > > Instead of learning an entirely new interface it sure would > > be nice if there existed an 'sqlplus for informix' > > I can't tell you how many times I wished there was an ISQL for Oracle! > Once you get used to dbaccess, I'm sure you'll find it a viable alternative! > :-) >