Re: Microsoft SQL vs. Informix 7.12 OWS for Win NT

Posted in 1996

Seth Grimes — 23 Dec 1996 22:23:56 -0500 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

billy@west.co.za ("Billy Wheeler") writes: >> As I write this I still can't access Informix from a client. It only >> supports TCP access (as far as I can tell) and requires editing files >> manually on the client (the Services file). >Hm. It should, by default, set up a service file entry for you >automatically (turbo 1526/tcp - check the end of the file). Is there >some other kind of access other than TCP? :-) Yes, there is. On Unix systems Informix supports access via shared memory. Seth -- Seth Grimes -- grimes@access.digex.net -- http://www.access.digex.net/~grimes grimes@magnet.com -- http://www.magnet.com