Re: Web Server connecting to Informix Server

One easy way is to use java to connect ( java driver for informix is free - ifxjdbc.jar ). If you want, you can get the relevant information here - http://www-3.ibm.com/software/data/informix/pubs/library/ Rgds Preetinder Wilson, John wrote: >I am running an OLTP system with Informix 7.3 IDS on HPUX. We are considering writing some web interfaces to connect to the database. At first we mirrored the database tables to a web server so that no one was ever touching live data. This was relatively easy, just do a nightly export/import to the web server. > >However, we now wish to create some "updating" web pages that will connect back to the server. On the web server I am using PHP/MySQL/Apache for web development with the Slackware Linux v 9.0 (Linux 2.4.7) distrobution. > >I have tried multiple times to install the Linux Client-SDK hoping that somehow I could make a ODBC connection back to the Informix server. I have not yet been successful. I found a company that makes an Informix ODBC driver. I was unsucessful at getting it licensed for a 30-day trial. I tried compiling informix libraries into PHP, but ESQL doesn't seem to be compatible with gcc. > >What is the best way to connect the Linux web server to the HPUX Informix server? Can anyone point me to documentation on how to do this? I would RTM if I could find one. Any tips, links, articles, etc would be appreciated. > > >John Wilson >Administrative Systems Specialist >Troy School District Information Systems > > >sending to informix-list > > sending to informix-list