Re: A liitle knowldege . .

On Tue, 10 Mar 1998, Dennis Fletcher wrote: > I have recently inherited an Informix-SE db and report/form suite > written for Infomix-SQL, version 4.xx. I have it running on SCO-UNIX > with 3 Wyse-60 terminals. It is a simple system with a > dozen-or-so tables, running to a max of about 300 meg of active data. > > I think the concept is marketable, the system as it exists now is quite > elegant (within the limits of SQL), its users have high praise... > the front office to jump through hoops no one ever intended. As a result But what does it do? There's a difference in marketability between, say, a fastfood-prep package and one for Breeders Of Rare Tropical Mollusks. > Problems: > We have encountered some resistance to its UNIX platform. All they need is one UNIX-running PC. The rest can use <gag> Win-95 and some sort of Terminal emulation package (e.g., TinyTERM) to connect with it. Add a few serial ports and, voila, dial-up access! > Questions: (the few I can think from many I can't) > 1. Should I be looking at 4GL? Not in a million years - unless big you're into self-abuse. <snips> > 4. Should I keep the concept and start over with other dev. tools, or > can I work from where I am? You could rework it using the <gag> MS-Access database. It has a real pretty face, and can be used mouseless if necessary. But Access, like Informix, suffers from "... the limits of SQL" (your words, not mine). :>) Daniel +----------------------------------------------------+ | America, right or wrong. When right, to be kept | | right. When wrong, to be put right." Carl Schurz. | | Impeach Clinton NOW. 1-888-LEAVE DC | | www.impeachment.org | +----------------------------------------------------+