Re: Need help with a web solution for informix-unix platform

Nils Myklebust <Nils.Myklebust@idg.no> schrieb im Beitrag = <33cdfad0.5435095@gate.idg.no>... > amughal <amughal@ibm.net> wrote: >=20 > What have usually been called "native" > drivers are realy proprietary drivers and they are sometimes faster > but often slower than standard drivers and have the obvious > disadvantage of beeing usable with one database only (or one companies > databases). You're badly wrong. Delphi has several native drivers for several = databases (including Informix) which *are* faster than ODBC. Why do you = tell such things without any benchmarks? Native drivers *have* to be = proprietary because they are build by one thirdparty manufacturer. But = when I'm using I-CLI, Openlink or Intersolv drivers they're also = proprietary because I can't exchange them with each other. And when one = company dies I have to buy another proprietary ODBC driver. so, where's = the advantage of a "non-proprietary" JDBC ? Currently, they're also = proprietary because you can't mix 'em with the products of another = manufacturer! > If you have Informix 7.2 or later i think Informix CLI, which is an > ODBC driver from Informix, is included. This works, but is hard to > install and have glaring security wholes - glaring. Where are the security holes? Please tell me at least *one* significant = security hole of ODBC! > The best alternative is the OpenLink drivers. They are easy to install Easy? I didn't get at least one *real* handbook which explains in detail = how to setup these drivers or if there are any character conversion = problems (and things like that). Maybe as a one-year unix admin and = informix admin you have no problems setting them up. But using I-CLI was = really simple. > and have solved the security issues as far as it's possible within the > sharp limitations set by Microsoft and their complete lack of > understanding of security issues. Interesting opinion: What do you think about the security holes which = are actually found in Unix systems from SGI, SUN, HP (HP-UX and the = RLOGIN problem)? I also was angry about the "ping-of-death" problem with = the MS TCP/IP stack. But the problem was solved damned fast by = microsoft. And absoulety free via the internet without any support = contracts I need for my UNIX system. I also have to have support = contracts just to have the right to buy teh next update for my UNIX OS. cu Reiner