Re: Is my brain dead or what....

> Background: > A large client has 1000+ PCs in its corporate headquarters running > windows 3.11 (Among other things). It is mainly a NOVEL network, read > IPX. Their goal is to have several small VB (Visual Basic) type apps > run against some Informix databases. > > Problem: > 1) To use ODBC connectivity, do we need to IP on each PC ? Have a look at OpenLink - this avoids using I-Net and might solve your problem. > 2) Informix On Unix bases their authentication on UNIX. > Solutions: > 1) If I am not braindead, then Informix needs to get their act together > so that we can develop large scale client/server applications. The whole client-server thing is so badly set up for security it's frightening - It's not just Informix at fault. There seems to be no real generic, comprehensive security standard or model. But, yes, Informix could take the lead and do something about it... > 2) switch to web based technologies and use either Web objects or > Netscape to handle security and front end processing. As long as your apps aren't too complex (and since you're using VB I can only assume they aren't too complex ! :), this might be a good option. There are VBscript plug-ins that might solve all your problems and still be familiar technology for your development team (look for WebBasic at Alta Vista). > 3) Drink until I have to look up to see the curb in front of the > local pub. What's so special about that? :-) -- Ciao, Billy +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure... | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+