Re: Informix 3.30

Dear "your-address@goes.here" I suggest you befriend your local Informix techo. If they can source a functional set of 3.3 diskettes for SCO (is it 3.2?) then you're in luck. You really need to ask for the latest cut of 3.3 that exists (I don't know off hand) and then get the SCO to match. I don't think 3.2 is more than, oh, five years younger than the last cust of 3.3. I agree with your time versus returns assessment (although I have done 3.3 to 4.x updates and it's pretty easy - if tedious - going.) I also would reckon on being able to move the data to OnLine DS and rewrite the entire application in NewEra in about the same timeframe as hacking the thing into 4.1 source. Adam your-address@goes.here (Put your full name here) wrote: >I want to move a copy of Informix Ver.3.30 from a 386 computer using SCO Unix >System V Ver 5.3d to a 486 computer using SCO Unix System V/386 Release 3.2 >Ver 4.1. Unfortunately, my predecessor did not leave me installation >instructions. I tried to tar the floppy diskettes; I get the files unarchived, >but I also get a checksum error. When I try to run an Informix program, I get >the message 'memory fault - core dumped'. >I also tried using tar to backup and restore the files between the computers, >but I still get the memory fault error. What can I do? >I have a copy of Informix Ver. 4.1, but I don't want to take the several >months is will take to convert all of the screens, reports, scripts and >C programs. I would rather take that time and upgrade to something even more >current. >Thanks for any help/suggestions. >jkharris@utk.edu