Re: Fw: IDS 10 Express Edition - Response from IBM
Is there a trial for IDS Express? I check with my dba in the Passport advantage site and we didn't find any donwload, Neither on the download pages at IBM site. J. -----Original Message----- From: Carolyn Woods <woodsc@us.ibm.com> To: informix-list@iiug.org Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 11:02:26 -0600 Subject: Fw: IDS 10 Express Edition - Response from IBM Sending on behalf of Christine Normile. Carolyn Woods Informix Marketing Manager, SMB/Channels IBM Information Management Software Ph: 602-357-4398; TL 273-0096 ----- Forwarded by Carolyn Woods/Menlo Park/IBM on 06/16/2005 08:10 AM ----- Christine Normile/Atlanta/IBM 06/16/2005 07:45 AM To informix-list@iiug.org, christopher.coleman@mediware.com, woodsc@us.ibm.com, Edward E Yee/Markham/IBM@IBMCA cc Subject Re: Fw: IDS 10 Express Edition Christopher - I apologize for not having posted the information you need regarding IDS Express and our various editions. I have just sent a web request to my webmaster asking that the following information be posted to the IDS website. I hope this helps. Please bear in mind that the 'target market' indicates where we will focus our marketing regarding a specific edition, there are no restrictions on who may purchase the product. Christine Normile Informix Dynamic Server Product Manager IBM Software Group Information Management Phone/Fax 877.252.5399 Mobile 210.365.5073 Email Christine.Normile@us.ibm.com "Christopher" <christopher.coleman@mediware.com> Sent by: owner-informix-list@iiug.org 06/13/2005 07:53 AM Please respond to "Christopher" To informix-list@iiug.org cc Subject Re: IDS 10 Express Edition I have been through the IDS Express pages from http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/informix/ids-express/ on down. A surprising number of them are broken and exactly none of them have the information I need. I have Googled because Google is the only way to fly the IBM site (though the search string is very helpful, Claus; I'll save it for later). I am betting the info is out there. If you go to the WGE page it spells out exactly what features Workgroup Edition has in a little table: "IBM Informix=AE Dynamic Server Workgroup Edition includes these features..." http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/informix/ids/workgroup/ The EE page says this: "IBM Informix=AE Dynamic Server Enterprise Edition includes all of the Workgroup Edition features plus..." http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/informix/ids/enterprise/ All we want is exactly this for Express Edition, for which we find this helpful page, instead: http://www-306.ibm.com/common/ssi/OIX.wss?DocURL=3Dhttp://d03xhttpcl001g.bo= ulder.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_ca/5/897/ENUS205-105/index.html&InfoType=3DAN&= InfoSubType=3DCA&InfoDesc=3DAnnouncement+Letters&panelurl=3DOIX.wss%3Fbutto= npressed%3DNAV002PT090&paneltext=3DAnnouncements In case the Google Groups form truncates the URL, which is the redirect from the announcement letter, I will post all the pertinent info: Offering Information Error Page Error 9100 default error We are not not able to get your user preferences from the server disk. This file might be corrupted or out of synch. Try again, but if this problem persists, please click here to reset your user preferences and press Reload. I just told management we can't use Express. I had to give an answer. Sincerely, Christopher Coleman President Kansas City Informix Users Group www.iiug.org/kciug Database Analyst Medication Management Mediware Information Systems, Inc. Jean Sagi jeansagi@myrealbox.com jeansagi@gmail.com sending to informix-list
"Jean Sagi" <jeansagi@myrealbox.com> wrote in message news:1119024680.fbe1dedf5b80942694d84348dc7cc095@teranews... > > Is there a trial for IDS Express? > > I check with my dba in the Passport advantage site and we didn't find any > donwload, Neither on the download pages at IBM site. Yes, there is. It has a specific binary and allegedly - we haven't yet tested this - enforces the restictions on functionality through the software rather than relying on honour. I raised this question on cdi and with IBM UK a couple of weeks ago as only IDS 10.0 Enterprise is available for trial on the website. One of the UK IBM Informix pre-sales team with whom we work closely kindly made it available to me. However I sense it may be difficult-to-impossible for ordinary users to get: UK Tech Support couldn't provide it, nor could our IBM Business Partner Manager. On the subject of its functionality restrictions of Express: another cdi'er kindly sent me a table of these issued by IBM Canada. I intended to publish it on cdi, but unfortunately it's an HTML table and I'm too stupid to be able to work out how to convert it into plain text, and I can't be arsed to transcribe it. regards Neil
Neil Truby wrote: > On the subject of its functionality restrictions of Express: another cdi'er > kindly sent me a table of these issued by IBM Canada. I intended to publish > it on cdi, but unfortunately it's an HTML table and I'm too stupid to be > able to work out how to convert it into plain text, and I can't be arsed to > transcribe it. > > regards > Neil > In your browser, ( I'm guessing you're using Internet Explorer ) SAVE-AS allows for you to save it as text. You can optionally Copy-Paste it into Microsoft Word then save it as a PDF or TEXT Document. 1. Mouse over the table to a region that is not a URL. 2. CTRL-A to select all the text in the table. 3. CTRL-C to copy the text 4. Open MS-Word 5. CTRL-V or Paste 6. Now it's a Word document. 7. If you have Adobe PDF Writer or Printer capability you can save it as a PDF document or print it to Adobe PDF. 8. Save-as allows you to save it as a text document or other. OR Spreadsheet Method 1: 1. Mouse over the table to a region that is not a URL. 2. CTRL-A to select all the text in the table. 3. CTRL-C to copy the text 4. Open Excel ( or other compatible spreadsheet ) 5. CTRL-V on a cell. Now it's a spreadsheet. Spreadsheet Method 2: 1. Right mouse over the table to the option that says "Export To Excel". Now it's a spreadsheet.
By the way for Workgroup Server the limitation is :- http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/informix/seol-tradeup.html then click on "Read the complete details on this trade-up option." Informix Dynamic Server Workgroup Editions The following restrictions apply: Server Limitation - You may not install or use the program on a server that has more than two processors. Function Limitations - You may not use the following functions of the program: parallel data query, data partitioning, parallel backup, parallel restore, parallel load, parallel unload, optical disks, Enterprise Replication (ER), High Availability Data Replication (HDR), VML (ability to access more than two GB RAM).