RE: Questions about Informix/Windows connectivity

Sorry, if this is already known but something is happening with my = e-mail, because I don't receive all the messages and I don't know the = original message (i.e. Questions about Informix/Windows connectivity). = But in some messages you are saying that you NEED an Informix (I-NET or = I-Connect) product installed in the client-side to get comunication = between your PC and your server and this is not true. I have installed = Windows 95 in my PC and the TCP/IP protocol that came with it. Just = this. No other product. In my server (Informix ONLINE 5.01) I don't have = installed the I-STAR. This is my installation and I can communicate my = VB apps with my Informix Databases. I'm using the Openlink software (in = both sides, client and server) and the communication is working. Then = you can say that for some ODBC's (like Intersolv) you NEED and Informix = product in your PC but for some ODBC's you DON'T NEED any Informix = product. OK? Yours, Marco Antonio Muci=F1o Z=FA=F1iga cycsainf@mex1.uninet.net.mx -----Original Message----- From: Albert Dillon [SMTP:Albert.Dillon@Wichita.BOEING.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 1998 12:08 PM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Re: Questions about Informix/Windows connectivity This is correct. I am not aware of any ODBC software on the market (could be one I'm not aware of) that can connect with out the I-Connect layer (or I-Net depending on the versions involved). If you currently are on an Informix 5.x version, then in addition to an ODBC driver, you will need I-Net for the client and I-Star for the server (Online engines). Beginning with version 6.x the native connectivity libraries started coming with the engine and the tools products. They jsut need to be configured. You will still obviously need an ODBC driver. If you have CLI that is included. Does this answer your question? -Albert Phillip Koebbe wrote: >=20 > I'm pretty new to working with Informix servers and such, so there may = be a > whole lot of information I'm lacking. From my personal experience, = you > need to install the ODBC driver on the workstation that will be = accessing > the Informix database. Also *on that machine*, you will need = I-CONNECT (or > a related product that includes SetNet). The experimentation that = I've > done on a few machines indicates that you must have an Informix > connectivity utility installed before you can configure the ODBC = driver > with the ODBC Administrator. You can't use the driver until it is > configured and a DSN is created. >=20 > Phillip Koebbe > Eagle-Picher Technologies, LLC