Re: Licencing

Art S. Kagel wrote: } } Peter Jennings wrote: } > } > How does Informix (7.23) count it's users? } > } > If we have a 5 user licence, say, and a set up with Online on one box } > with the main database and the users on another accessing it via the } > network in a client/server environment, what criteria does it use to } > enforce the licence? } > } > Is it the number of simultaneous transactions from identifiably } > different users? } > } > What happens if more than 5 users attempt to access the database } > a) simultaneously (concurrently)? } > b) sequentially (no more than 5 at any one time) ? } } AFAIK Informix does not actually check for license compliance at } runtime. This has caused Informix much grief but they have never worked } out a totally satisfactory method of checking. } } Art S. Kagel It has been my experience that Informix works off the "honor" system, as our local Informix rep says! To make matters even more ugly we have a database (Informix, of course) that we plan to access over the Web. Then you have to figure out if you need development licenses or runtime licenses and yada yada yada.....The whole process needs some refinement. Maria ----------------------------------------------------- Maria L. Wilson Computer Sciences Corporation NASA Langley Research Center 3217 N. Armstead Ave. Hampton, Va 23666 email: m.l.wilson@larc.nasa.gov phone: 757-766-8265 fax: 757-766-2571 -----------------------------------------------------