Re: Is there any reason *not* to go 64-bit?

Hi, we're using IDS 7.31FD5, CSDK 2.80, Perl 5.80, DBI-1.35, DBD-1.04, Sun CC 7 on Solaris 9 Sparc. We did not see any 64bit problems. There is a quirk in CSDK 2.80. It does not set an apropriate DBI->errstr after a failed ->prepare but everything else works fine. regards Thomas -- General Logistics Systems Thomas Mieslinger German-Parcel-Str. 1-7 fon: +49 6677 17 463 36286 Neuenstein fax: +49 6677 17 111 Germany eMail: thomas.mieslinger@gls-germany.com "Douglas Palmer" <palmer@nyed.uscourts.gov> Gesendet von: owner-informix-list@iiug.org 15.06.2003 07:03 Bitte antworten an "Douglas Palmer" An: informix-list@iiug.org Kopie: Thema: Is there any reason *not* to go 64-bit? We are getting ready to enter a support contract on our Informix installation that will allow us to move to 64-bit 9.4 if we want to. Since about 90% of our Perl work is done through DBI/DBD and from what I can tell, we need to have Perl and the CSDK in the same ELFCLASS, this might be the best time to move completely over to 64-bit for a bit of ease in compiling new packages. I do not really expect better performance on 64-Bit Informix -- bit I am interested to hear how well the Jonathan Leffler's DBD::Informix module works with 64Bit Informix 9.4/CSDK 2.8.1/Perl 5.8.0/gcc 3.3. We are running on a Sun V880 with Solaris 9. Is there any reason to stay back at 32-bit? Any reason at all? I expect to be able to access remote servers no matter what their "bit-ness." -- DCP