Re: formbuild error

IKyle wrote: > > I am a new Unix/Informix user by default. We lost out Unix Support person and > will not be replaced. So I have inherited a legacy system to try to support. > > I am using a very old version of Informix early 80's version 3.3. We also > have a very old, really old Altos system. The problem is on the Sco-Unix > system when I use formbuild to build a form, if the form links 2 tables, it > will not build the form successfully. It will only complete a successful > formbuild if the form is built from one table. > > The same version is on the old Altos system and it works ok. I have learned > that formbuild has never worked on the Unix box. In the past, they would build > the forms on the Altos box and copy them to the Unix box. Well the Altos box > is on it's last leg I think. I do not want to continue to work around the > systems. > > Does anyone have a thought on this? I would appreciate any input. > Thanks Irma Kyle ikyle@aol.com Yes, I remember 3.3. I used it on a Fortune system. We still have it here. A wild thought: do you have enough open files available on the Unix box for formbuild to work? I don't think it uses many as the database schema is just one file in 3.3, though. -- Peter Lancashire Information Systems Specialist, Bayer plc Eastern Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7AH, UK Tel: +44-1635-562258, Fax: +44-1635-562281 Mail: Peter.Lancashire.PL1@bayer.co.uk My Internet plumbing does not allow me to mail and post news together. Sorry. All opinions are my own and not those of Bayer plc.