Re: ODBC Support for Informix SE under SCO Unix?

Kenneth Leung (kleung@netcom.com) wrote: : I am a little new to Client Server technology so please bear with me. : I have an Informix database on a SCO Unix box running Standard Engine, : and I want to access the database over TCP/IP Ethernet from a DOS/Windows : PC, and I want to use something like Microsoft Acess or Foxpro 2.6 that : supports ODBC to develop my Windows appl. : Can I accomplish this? My understanding is Informix Net does not support : ODBC, and there is supp. a company named Q&E that can do it. Any info : would be appreciated I am afraid you have been miss-informed when you say INet does not support ODBC. According to my understanding, it is through front-end tools like INet that Informix database server supports ODBC. But, of course, you will need what the industry calls a middleware, such as Q+E, to provide the ODBC drivers that ODBC-aware applications can use to talk to INet, and thus Informix database server. Q+E ODBC pack has drivers for both INet PC 4.1 and 5.0 and both works. Just make sure you get the latest version of the development tool to ensure that they are ODBC-aware. Calvin Ng