Re: porting ISAM application to Linux

SE 7.2 can be used with ISAM libraries from Byte Designs (www.bytedesigns.com) on Linux. I have been using this for over a year in a production system without incident. -Mark > >Hi, I'm looking into porting an app to Linux/Informix. > >The app currently runs on OpenServer 4 and UnixWare 7 with Informix 2 >(?) and Informix SE 7.2 respectively. > >On Linux I have purchased a copy of C-ISAM for Linux, and now I try to >isopen() a .dat/.idx file from OpenServer and from UnixWare. > >I'm getting ISAM -171: ISAM error: isam file format change detected > >and messages about "locking strategy". I've tried bcheck and secheck to >no avail. > >I read in the ISAM documentation for Linux (ISAM 7.24 UC5) that > ><quote from ISAM docs> > >3. This version of C-ISAM is NOT compatible with 7.24.UC5 Standart >Engine > and should not be used with SE-created C-ISAM files. > ><end quote> > >now this is precisely my case : the .dat/.idx files were made on SE on >OpenServer and UnixWare. > >on those systems I can access them without problems via C-ISAM programs. > > >Can anyone shed some light on this ? > >Can you access SE data files via C-ISAM on Linux ??