Re: Installing client SDK

On Fri, 5 Feb 1999, Alanoly Andrews wrote: > A question about installation of Informix Client SDK: > > I downloaded Client SDK 2.02 from the Informix Website. > It contains two files: the executable "installclientsdk" and > a tar file. On running "installclientsdk", Informix goes > through the various installation procedures without any > hitch. The Informix Manual says that "installclientsdk" > script installs all the Client SDK components except > Informix-Object Interface for Java. Why then does this > script produce another executable called "installesql" > in $INFORMIXDIR? 1) It's a link to installclientsdk. 2) It's for old fogies like myself who have always typed installesql to install ESQL/C. AKA backwards compatability. AKA 'exercise in futility' since the installation is not identical to the previous versions. > In other words, if "installclientsdk" > has already installed "esql", why does it produce the > script "installesql"? Should this second script now be > run? I found that all my existing esql/C programs get > compiled without my having used "installesql". Yours, Jonathan Leffler (jleffler@informix.com) #include <wish/I/was/skiing.h> Guardian of DBD::Informix v0.60 (v0.61_02) -- http://www.perl.com/CPAN Informix IDN for D4GL & Linux -- http://www.informix.com/idn