RE: Informix and SQL Server
the books online(help) of sqlserver has pretty good information on how to create link servers, they have examples on how to setup a link server and how to run distributed queries. i beleive you can also use linked servers in DTS packages (including oracle), Here are few tips, i got it from the help section of sqlserver "DTS driver support for heterogeneous data types" The Merant Informix OLE DB provider is supported for DTS imports from Informix, but not DTS exports to Informix. This driver also cannot be used to import meta data. The Intersolv Informix ODBC driver is supported, but with the following restrictions: BLOBs cannot be exported to Informix. When creating new tables on Informix, the DTS Import/Export Wizard will incorrectly map the SQL Server 2000 datetime columns to the Informix 'Datetime year to fraction' data type. Manually change this to the Informix Date type. The DTS meta data import will not import Informix catalog or table information. -----Original Message----- From: Sebastian, Norma J. [mailto:NormaJean.Sebastian@tellabs.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 4:24 PM To: Savio Pinto (s); William Weaver Cc: informix-list@iiug.org; owner-informix-list@iiug.org Subject: RE: Informix and SQL Server Tell me more about this 'linked server' stuff. We have oracle, informix, and sqlserver. I am trying to set up a scenario to help Bill without him having to buy another tool. I created a Sqlserver DTS to dump some oracle data from a unix oracle db to my PC. I was thinking Bill could create a job on the informix side to dump whatever data is needed to a file, then use DTS to ftp the file somewhere in the sqlserver domain, and have sqlserver DTS the dump file in and manipulate it accordingly. But if linked servers could do the trick... Please explain a bit further and I will test here. Thanks, Norma Jean -----Original Message----- From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Savio Pinto (s) Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 10:02 AM To: William Weaver Cc: informix-list@iiug.org; owner-informix-list@iiug.org Subject: RE: Informix and SQL Server sqlserver has something called as "linked servers" where you can connect to other database servers using odbc data sources, you can then run distributed queries from sqlserver. -----Original Message----- From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org]On Behalf Of Martin Fuerderer Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 2:57 AM To: William Weaver Cc: informix-list@iiug.org; owner-informix-list@iiug.org Subject: RE: Informix and SQL Server Hi, there's "Informix Enterprise Gateway Manager" (as others have already suggested), but as far as I remember, it provides to Informix (server or applications) access to other databases, but not the other way round. I.e. it cannot let SQL Server make a connection to IDS. At least my understanding of it. For more info check out http://www.ibm.com/software/data/informix/tools/egm/ Regards, Martin -- Martin Fuerderer IBM Informix Development Munich, Germany Information Management owner-informix-list@iiug.org wrote on 14.02.2005 22:41:43: > Nobody seems to want this one! Please, if anyone can help I would really appreciate it! > > Thanks! > > Bill Weaver > Director of Engineering > Amicus, Inc. > 512-531-3463 (office) > 512-531-3401 (fax) > -----Original Message----- > From: William Weaver [mailto:wweaver@amicus.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 4:03 PM > To: 'informix-list@iiug.org' > Subject: Informix and SQL Server > > > It?s been a while since I?ve been in the Informix world (sigh) as I?ve been working lately > with a Sybase database (yuck!) so I need some help getting back into things with Informix. > > I have a client who needs to connect a Microsoft SQL Server database > to an Informix database. > What is the best driver for this in terms of both speed and data type conversion? > Of special concern is Informix date variables to SQL Server native datetime. > > Thanks! > > Bill Weaver > Director of Engineering > Amicus, Inc. > 512-531-3463 (office) > 512-531-3401 (fax) sending to informix-list sending to informix-list ============================================================ The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any reproduction, dissemination or distribution of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. Tellabs ============================================================ sending to informix-list