Re: ODBC: Openlink, Intersolv or Informix?

Tony Marasco wrote: > > We are currently looking at buying an ODBC pack for Online > 5.x (to be upgraded to 7.x soon.) Currently I have a single- > user license of Intersolv and other license from Crystal > Info Server. We want the ODBC connectivity for new graphical > applications (VB, Delphi, & Powerbuilder) and MS Office. > I am under the impression that PB has its own drivers. > > My biggest dilemma is which product to buy. I like Intersolv's > drivers as I have had no problems with it. I was told the > Informix drivers are Intersolv's drivers. Openlink is > getting attention because they claim it works on a Mac. It > would be nice to find drivers that are cross-platform > (PC and Mac). > > Does anyone have comments/suggestions on which path I should > suggest? The boss (who has and loves his MAC) wants Openlink > because of the Mac access. From what I saw we must run their > server software, unless I misunderstood their docs. > > TIA! Any help is greatly appreciated! You could try our ODBC driver: SCO SQL-Retriever; it will cope quite happily with Informix 4-7 (SE/OnLine) on many UNIX platforms. Unfortunately, we don't do a port for the Mac. Take a look at http://www.sco.com/vision/products/sqlretriever/ for more information and a downloadable eval. Allan Gould (allang at sco dot com) (Please remove anti-spam measures if replying)