JDBC driver download
Oyvind Gjerstad noted the 14.10 JDBC documentation says the driver can be downloaded from oracle.com, which is not possible. Stefan Wilfling suggested the Maven repository. SangGyu Jeong traced the wording to the 11.50.xC8 docs. Tom Girsch complained IBM's trials site now links JDBC to CSDK and that downloads are harder than before. No documentation fix was reported.
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I have seen this sentence in the JDBC documentation previously, and it is still in the latest (14.10) documentation: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSGU8G_14.1.0/com.ibm.jdbc.doc/ids_jdbc_021.htm "You can obtain the IBM Informix® JDBC Driver from the IBM Informix JDBC Driver product CD, from the JDBC directory of the IBM® Informix product bundle CD, or you can download the driver from www.oracle.com." Is it really possible to download the Informix JDBC driver from www.oracle.com? I can't find it there, at least. ------------------------------ Øyvind Gjerstad Developer/Architect PostNord AS ------------------------------ #Informix
Hi! The easiest way is to download it direct from mvnrepository: https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.ibm.informix/jdbc/4.50.4.1 ------------------------------ Kind Regards Stefan ------------------------------
Yes, that's what we are doing also, it was just a clumsy way to point out something I think is an error in the documentation ------------------------------ Øyvind Gjerstad Developer/Architect PostNord AS ------------------------------
That's weird. I compared the contents of the CSDK pdf documentation by version. 'Obtain the JDBC driver' in 11.50.xC7 version document (SC27-3616-00) 'Obtain the JDBC driver' in 11.50.xC8 version document (SC27-3616-01) I guess it has been updated to oracle.com since version 11.50.xC8. Of course, it is currently impossible to download Informix jdbc driver from oracle.com. ------------------------------ SangGyu Jeong Software Engineer Infrasoft Seoul Korea, Republic of ------------------------------
Interestingly, now if you go to the IBM Trials and Demos site -- the only documented way to download the JDBC driver -- and select the "Java Database Connectivity" option, it takes you not to downloads of JDBC, but to CSDK downloads. Grumble. IBM has really gone out of their way to make their products difficult to access. ------------------------------ TOM GIRSCH ------------------------------
No worse than it's ever been Cheers Paul Paul Watson Oninit LLC +1-913-387-7529 www.oninit.com Oninit® is a registered trademark of Oninit LLC
Disagree. You used to at least be able to download a full engine bundle, through Passport Advantage, that included CSDK, JDBC Driver, etc. Now it's all split out and different products are accessed via different channels, none of which is PA. PA had its issues, as did its cousin, FixCentral, but at least you could approximately find things.