Re: Informix ODBC Drivers (revisited)

In article <1994Jul25.225431.7937@netmanager-2.dotc.gov.au> bernier@dotc.gov.au "Bernie Ryan" writes: > > Joe writes: > > ->This an update to the problem of Informix not having an ODBC driver of thier > ->own. > -> > -> [stuff deleted] > -> > ->I have called my sales rep at Informix and wanted an OFFICIAL complaint > ->registered against Informix for not having the ODBC driver for thier > I-net5.01 > ->for windows product AND placing missleading text in the manual. I had to > ->CONVINCE the sales rep that Informix should get off thier asses (like Oracle > ->did) and make one and distribute it for free. When all was said and done the > ->sales rep in question could do nothing but agree. Here is the message I got > ->back from that person: > -> > -> "........I am forwarding your concern about ODBC built in drivers to > the > -> Product Manager for Connectivity Products. I will let you know what I > find > -> out." > -> > ->I will post the results here. > -> > ->[closing comments deleted] > > [slide soap box into place] > > Ditto. > > The absence of ODBC from shipped tools + the lack of ODBC support in some > of the tools offerings (eg HST) gives the wrong message : only use the tools > if you have an Informix database. > > The press releases suggest Mr Informix's New Era marks a re-emphasis by the > company on its tools offerings. What better way to make it clear that the > tools are industry leaders than by allowing (strike that - read encouraging) > the use of those tools against the competitor's b/ends. IMHO, shipping ODBC > with the product would go some way to achieving this. For all my usual critical comments on Informix you have me confused here. I've just received the NT server product for review and in the box with it was v1.2 of the Q+E Informix drivers for ODBC. The label on the disk is an Informix label so I would say that they are shipping the product. -- Ian Murphy