Re: Upgrade from 4.00 to 5.00

->From: Graeme Sargent <graeme@pyra.co.uk> ->Date: Wed, 9 Jun 93 18:55:05 +0100 ->To: alan@effluvia.den.mmc.com ->Subject: Re: Upgrade from 4.00 to 5.00 ->Newsgroups: comp.databases.informix -> ->In comp.databases.informix you write: -> ->>The whole idea of bundling DBACCESS with the engine is that everybody needs ->>SQL as a DBA level tool, but many folks use only 4GL or ESQL for applications ->>and therefore don't need or want ACE or PERFORM. If you want the latter, ->>they are now products separate from SQL, and must be purchased separately. -> ->WHAT! This is news to me. I thought Perform and Ace continued to only ->be available as part of INFORMIX-SQL! -> ->Cheers, -> ->graeme -> ->--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -> -m------- Graeme Sargent Voice: +44 (0)252 373035 -> ---mmm----- Senior Database Consultant Fax : +44 (0)252 373135 -> -----mmmmm--- Pyramid Technology Ltd. Telex: Tell who??? ->-------mmmmmmm- Farnborough, Hants GU14 7PL Email: graeme@pyra.co.uk ->--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -> -> We have the technology. The tricky bit is learning how to use it. -> I don't know what the name of the Perform / Ace product is. It may still be Informix-SQL. However, under the name "DBACCESS", SQL is now bundled with engines in newer revs of Informix. So the name Informix-SQL would be somewhat misleading. I haven't talked with a sales rep for a while, but I think the new packaging is: a. SE engine, with DBACCESS b. I-Net c. OnLine engine, with DBACCESS d. I-Star e. 4GL application tools, either compiled or RDS f. Perform / Ace application tools g. ESQL for various languages Thus, a reasonable package might be: one of a or c, the appropriate b or d if you do client / server, and one of e, f, or g. Back in the "old" days I had to buy a, b, e, AND f, even tho' I didn't need Perform and Ace, because SQL was bundled in f, not in a. The newer packaging makes sense to me. It would have saved us some money, had it been available way back when. Regards, Alan ___________________________ ______________________| R. Alan Popiel |__________________________ \\ Internet: | Martin Marietta, Tech Ops | / \\ alan@den.mmc.com | P.O. Box 179, M/S 5422 | Std disclaimers apply. / )Voice: | Denver, CO 80201-0179 USA | ( / 303-977-9998 |___________________________| (But you knew that!) \\ /________________________) (____________________________\\