Re: Questions about Client/Server(informix) development

Hello, for your first question: ODBC I-NET/PC Inersolv need I-Connect Informix-CLI included OpenLink does not need SCO SQL-Retriever does not need I-Connect is a run-time of ESQL/C plus I-NET. You don't need ESQL/C, but there is no way to buy I-NET separately. Openlink and SQL-Retriever are known to be good and fast. On the other hand you may want specific features of I-NET, such character page conversion "on the fly", which is important for European market. Grace Wu wrote: > > We plan to develop a client/server application. Informix OnLine 7.21 on > HP-UX 10.10 will be on the server side. NT will be on the client side. > However, we have not decide on the front-end development tool yet. It > could be Access + VB or PowerBuilder. I have a few questions and hope > someone may answer my questions. > 1. I know we need ODBC driver on client side, but what else do we need > on the client side? One Informix sales rep said we need Informix product > Connect (was called Inet previously). Another Informix sales rep said > Connect is the run time version of Inet, and we really need ESQL/C and > Inet to do the development. Openlink said we don't need Informix's > product if we use their ODBC driver. So my question is what do we really > need? If we use ODBC driver from Openlink, does that mean we don't need > ESQL/C and Inet on the client side? If we use other ODBC driver such as > Intersolv's, do we need Inet only, or do we need ESQL/C and Inet? How > about the Informix CLI? What other options do we have? > 2. As I mentioned earlier that we have not decide on the front-end > development tool, and I understand which development tool is best for > the application has to do with what do you try to accomplish in the > application. However, I would like to hear the pro and con about using > PowerBuilder or Access + VB as development tool from people that have > experience with these tools, and is there anything to watch for when > using these tools? > Thanks! > Grace Wu