Re: IDS-PE or equivalent

From: Mister Creosote <glynb@my-deja.com> > >In article <8j7mu7$5bm$1@news.xmission.com>, > "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > From: Mister Creosote <glynb@my-deja.com> > > > > > >We are currently designing a system that will need to be run on both >a > > >UNIX server and in "standalone" mode on an WinNT/98/95-based laptop. > > >This is a VB application using ODBC calls to talk to IDS. In order >that > > >the standalone version be operable, we need an equivalent to the old > > >IDS-PE. Here's the rub - I still have a copy of IDS-PE that would in > > >all probability suffice for our needs but the issue of support has >been > > >raised. I am aware that IDS-PE is an unsupported product, but are >there > > >any equivalents out there that have a small footprint (and hopefully >a > > >correspondingly small price tag ?). > > > > > >All thoughts, recommendations etc gratefully received (even the > > >Clown's). > > > > Gee, thanks. How about Oracle8i Lite? See, Oracle is so far behind >the > > curve, they haven't figured out that they don't need a lightweight >version > > of their flagship database for portable use. Sybase have SQL Anywhere >for > > lightweight use. > > > > I suppose you could use Cloudscape. Then if you ever need to >synchronise > > with a UNIX master database, you're onto a winner. I don't know much >about > > it, except that it's easy to synch up. > > As expected, an excellent response from the clown, embodying the two Sorry, I must be having an off day. >main factors deemed essential in good newsgroup etiquette :- > >1. Making valuable suggestions to questions raised As long as you don't actually try any of them, it's fine... :) >2. Knocking the big O Actually, as bizarre as it may seem, I was not knocking the big O this time. I actually often wish Informix would get a clue from some of the things they do right, and presenting the same interface across all platforms is one of the things they do right. (The fact that it's a cr@p interface is neither here nor there... :0) >Many thanks Clown. You're welcome. ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com