Re: ESQL or CLI - which to use

"Roger Reynolds" <rsr@rogerware.com> writes: > I was looking at using CLI for developing client applications for > Universal Server, and was told by an Informix SE that CLI does not > support the Universal Server's extensions that go beyond "standard" > SQL (ie not SQL3, not user defined types, and all that other "good > stuff") He strongly suggested ESQL instead, as it does support > everything the IUS can do. IMHO using a well defined standard interface like CLI/ODBC is better than mixing C code with SQL. With CLI/ODBC your application can run on every database you want, without recompilation. -- am