Re: How Informix counts number of licensed users? HELP PLEASE!!!
Posted in 1996
> The problem is : > I have Informix licensed for 5 concurrent users. But I can connect > to OnLine as many users as I wish. I've tried at least 16(!!!) users at > one time. It doesn't rejects me! > The question is: how OnLine counts users? Does it counts connections, > user sessions, userthreads, transactions or something else? In all cases > it was more than 5 while I've made such experiments! > I don't know what to do further - my application should not allow to > connect more than 5 users at one time! > > Could anybody make this clear for me? (please!!!) I seem to recall when we originally bought our copy of Informix I asked them the same question, and they told me that it doesn't check: honor-system style (non)enforcement, for which they deserve credit.