Re: How Informix counts number of licensed users? HELP PLEASE!!!

In article <31CE64DB.3D25@iis.nsk.su>, Ivan Lyakhovenko <van@iis.nsk.su> writes >Hello All! > >I've got a very strange problem with my OnLine 6.0 on SCO. > >The problem is : >I have Informix licensed for 5 concurrent users. But I can connect >to OnLine as many users as I wish. I've tried at least 16(!!!) users at >one time. It doesn't rejects me! >The question is: how OnLine counts users? Does it counts connections, >user sessions, userthreads, transactions or something else? In all cases >it was more than 5 while I've made such experiments! >I don't know what to do further - my application should not allow to >connect more than 5 users at one time! > >Could anybody make this clear for me? (please!!!) > >Thanx in advance. > >Ivan Lyakhovenko, >xTech Ltd., >Novosibirsk, Russia Quite simple really - Informix does not enforce limits of number of connections!! At least not until 7.12. There reason I heard for this was that if you dial 991 in America (for for emergency services) they log your call on an Informix system, otherwise you could imagine.... Yes sir, I realise you need an ambulance but I can't log you call I'm getting....Maximum number of licenses in use.....!! -- David Williams