Re: HOW: Export Ifmx DB -- Use DB offline -- resync db Online ???

I'm not sure I understand what your clients are trying to accomplish, but maybe I can suggest a few options and you can peruse the ones you feel are closest to what they are trying to work with. I'm assuming they are using IDS: 1. Your client can just archive the instance ( using ontape or onbar ), take the archive tapes home, restore the instance at home, work, archive the instance at home and restore the instance when they return to work the next day. 2. Your clients could unload the tables they need to work on, load them at home, work, unload the changes they made at home, and load them when they return to work. 3. They can do the same basic thing as option #2 above, but use the onunload utility. 4. They can do the same basic thing as option #2 above, but use the dbexport / dbimport utility. 5. Your client can make two instances ( a work instance and a home instance ), make a network connection between the instance, and then construct an enterprise replication ( ER ) relationship between the two instance. In this way the tables can be updated from two sources. Careful . . . this requires a lot of work. Hope this helps. Brice "Heiko W.Risser" wrote: > Hi > > Our Clients want to be able to take their work home, and then update the > database the next day ... (something like that) > > What options are available ? > > As far as we know, there will only one single copy offline. > > Is it possible to export ifmx db to access db, work offline, and then > re-sync changes with informix db. > > Hope you can help. > > Appreciate. > > HWR > > ---------------------------------------------- > Visual Information Systems > (heiko@vis.co.za)