Re: Never used Informix, Help!

>This is an absolute newbie question. I am starting a new job on Monday, >creating and maintaining MS-Access applications. While I have broad >experience working with Access and other PC db's, I have never seen >Informix. I have been told that much of the data I will require >currently resides on Informix. Can anyone recommend a good beginners >book on Informix? Also, for a quick start, can I link to Informix >tables via ODBC from Access easily? Thanks for your help. Head over to http://www.iiug.org and http://www.informix.com -- there are many useful tools, freely downloadable manuals and an excellent FAQ. Informix's manuals are, IMHO, superb and an excellent place to start. On the IIUG website you will find a list of superb texts to acquire from amazon.com or wherever. A good beginners book would probably be the Informix Unleashed Special Edition, although there are others. If you're going to be doing any DBA work, you must get Joe Lumbley's DBA Survival Guide. :-) Yes, you can easily ODBC link Access to Informix. Another useful site would be to search DejaNews for ODBC posts on comp.databases.informix. And, of course, you can ask questions here. HTH. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com