Re: Installing 4GL

Michel Behna wrote: > I am trying to determine whether the following information is > accurate: > We just purchased Informix 4GL and to install it, it seems we need to > install it first and then the Informix engine. Here's the rub: we no > longer have the original installation media :-( and to reinstall > Informix > 7.2 on our Solaris 2.5.1 Sun machine is not currently possible. > > Is there any truth to this information or am I being fed a line? I am > finding this hard to believe... so please clarify this for me. Is > there a > work around to re-installing the engine? Maybe copy some files or > something like that... please help. > > I need authorative and definitive information on this situation so I > can > take it back to management. If that's the order Informix says to install it in, then Informix Tech Support will be glad to repeat it (authoritatively and definitively)...They generally won't even listen to you until you tell them it was installed in the proper order (and there are ways to verify this). I have seen a few instances on older versions where you could 'for the most part' run allright even after violating the prescribed installation ordering, but eventually you will have problems. The "rub" you mention brings to mind an interesting point. There are numerous valid reasons why you might not have the original installation media. Since software companies are so intent on insisting that they are selling "licenses" and not the "software" itself, there should be (I'm not saying there is, just that there should be) a way to get replacement copies of such media from Informix or your vendor. -- - Danny Wright danwright@bigfoot.com #include <stddisclaimers.h> Idiot, n.: A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling. - Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"