Re: Licencing

Peter Jennings wrote: > > How does Informix (7.23) count it's users? > > If we have a 5 user licence, say, and a set up with Online on one box > with the main database and the users on another accessing it via the > network in a client/server environment, what criteria does it use to > enforce the licence? > > Is it the number of simultaneous transactions from identifiably > different users? > > What happens if more than 5 users attempt to access the database > a) simultaneously (concurrently)? > b) sequentially (no more than 5 at any one time) ? AFAIK Informix does not actually check for license compliance at runtime. This has caused Informix much grief but they have never worked out a totally satisfactory method of checking. Art S. Kagel