Re: Does Informix-4GL require an Informix Server?

>From: Christoph Steuer <cSteuer@ttt.de> >Date: Wed, 09 Jul 1997 11:34:50 +0200 >X-Informix-List-Id: <news.40243> > >We have an Informix SE 5 on SCO-Unix and many Informix 4GL-Programs. >Is it possible to replace the Informix Server (maybe Interbase under >SCO-Unix or even another plattform) and still use the Informix >4GL-Programs? I'm not exactly sure what you're asking for. Informix-4GL does not provide mechanisms to access any type of database other than an Informix database. That means that you cannot directly replace the SE database system with another company's database -- at the very least, you'd have to convert your programs to match the other database. On the other hand, if you simply want to replace the current SE on SCO with, say, OnLine on HP-UX, then the change is simple. The programs do not even need to be recompiled; you simply have to set DBPATH to point to the new location of the database. Yours, Jonathan Leffler (johnl@informix.com) #include <disclaimer.h> PS: I decline to respond to messages with anti-spam in the return path.