Re: Installing 4GL

Michel Behna wrote: > > I am trying to determine whether the following information is accurate: > We just purchased Informix 4GL and to install it, it seems we need to > install it first and then the Informix engine. Here's the rub: we no > longer have the original installation media :-( and to reinstall Informix > 7.2 on our Solaris 2.5.1 Sun machine is not currently possible. > > Is there any truth to this information or am I being fed a line? I am > finding this hard to believe... so please clarify this for me. Is there a > work around to re-installing the engine? Maybe copy some files or > something like that... please help. > > I need authorative and definitive information on this situation so I can > take it back to management. This used to be really critical. As of 7.1? (something) this requirement is supposed to be fixed. The problem was that the tools, which are usually a version behind the engine, overwrite the message files which the engine installs. If you tar your current installation first and then install 4GL you should be OK now. If not you will be able to restore the tar archive to fix anything that the 4GL install broke. BE SURE TO TAR AND UNTAR AS ROOT so that permissions are correct after restoring. Perhaps Jonathan or someone else from Informix will comment on this plan so you can feel more comfortable? BTW you should be able to get new media as long as your support is up-to-date. Art S. Kagel