Re: ODBC: Openlink, Intersolv or Informix?
In article <366D9140.76DEE1D3@berksiu.k12.pa.us>, tonmar@berksiu.k12.pa.us wrote: > We are currently looking at buying an ODBC pack for Online > 5.x (to be upgraded to 7.x soon.) Currently I have a single- > user license of Intersolv and other license from Crystal > Info Server. We want the ODBC connectivity for new graphical > applications (VB, Delphi, & Powerbuilder) and MS Office. > I am under the impression that PB has its own drivers. > > My biggest dilemma is which product to buy. I like Intersolv's > drivers as I have had no problems with it. I was told the > Informix drivers are Intersolv's drivers. Openlink is > getting attention because they claim it works on a Mac. It > would be nice to find drivers that are cross-platform > (PC and Mac). > > Does anyone have comments/suggestions on which path I should > suggest? The boss (who has and loves his MAC) wants Openlink > because of the Mac access. From what I saw we must run their > server software, unless I misunderstood their docs. > > TIA! Any help is greatly appreciated! Just a word, One of the biggest french company was using OpenLink ODBC drivers up to now. They tried our middleware and they noticed it is faster than the fastest ODBC driver they ever tried. They use Delphi on their PC and a remote SQL database. Our tool offer much more functionnalities than a simple pipe between you client application and you remote SQL database. Our tool are available on Mac and windows for 7 years ! We offer ODBC interface but not only ! Our tool is made of 2 parts : The firt part is a driver that must be installed on the your Mac or PC. You purchase this module ONLY one time, and then you can distribute it widely without fee. The second part is the server part must be installed on your server (Unix or NT). This server module is a DEVELOPPEMENT TOOL ! it encloses a programming language, stored procedure, batches (this is the only one middleware to do that), html pages generator, email sender and reader, ... if I continue you will not believe me (but all is true) For instance you can run a procedure on the server and then you can quit your delphi application or Excel, or .... And when the procedure is finished on the server, the server call you back and ask you for instance to launch you spreadsheet, or another application. Another exemple : a large european radio station broadcast news on mobile phone of a well known european baby bell using our tool ! That's all for the time being, if you want more details about our middleware, just let me know. Always remember, that the most popular product is not often the most efficient product ! -- Fred Bouquet (fb@cornut.fr) X-No-Archive: Yes