Re: VB, ACCESS and Informix ONLINE 7

Posted in 1995

Topics: Connectivity: ODBC / JDBC / .NET, Migration, Import/Export & Data Conversion

Jeff — Sun, 29 Oct 1995 06:03:08 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Robert Borrell <borrell@primenet.com> wrote: >rte-eng@internet-eireann.ie (Software Development) wrote: >>Hi, >> >>Could anyone advise me on the following: >> >>We have an Access database with a VB front end and would like to move the >>backend to Informix Online 7. Is this practical? On a scale of 1 to 10, how >>difficult would this be ? >> >>Thanks, >> >>Tom >> >I just had a vendor migrate from ACCESS using to Informix Database (This >case version 5.05). Although the vendor had no experience with Informix, >the migration occurred faster than expected. The vendor used NewEra >Viewpoint as well as the VB development tools. The workstation needed >Visigenic ODBC Windows Driver and PC/Inet for Windows to connect with the >database over the network. The server side had the Informix Online >Engine and I-star (Informix 7.1 comes with I-star). It took the vendor >one week to complete the migration process. >Good Luck >---------- >Robert We use Intersolve ODBC on NT's and it works with VB just fine.