Re: Do I have to have an Informix Database?

Posted in 2004

Andrew Hamm — Mon, 16 Feb 2004 11:16:57 +1100 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Bruce Truter wrote: > I have been using informix 4gl for 20 years. I have downloaded every > 4gl compiler I can find and all require an informix database. I guess > this means I stay married to Informix forever if I want to stay with > 4gl. Is there anything else in 4gl OTHER THAN INFORMIX? (Especially > something that will create its own database) > ShearPower4gl is not 4gl! 4JS compiles against "schema files" instead of looking for table definitions in the database. Of course it's delivered assuming you are going to generate the schema files from an Informix database (code is supplied to do this) but a little bit of creative coding will get you a schema file generator which can read from other databases. From there you would be independent of Informix engines.