Re: Informix-SQL ver 2.10 DOS single to multi user

Art S. Kagel wrote in message <35BCA909.1D4C@bloomberg.net>... >Sam Glattstein wrote: >> >> I am currently using Informix-SQL database (single user) version 2.10 >> (since 1988) in a DOS shell on Windows 95. I need to convert it to a >> multi user that will run without problems. I am on an NT 4.0 network >> with 95 nodes. My local Informix salesperson has been of no help since >> he doesn't return phone calls. This database does exactly what I want >> and I have not >> been able to replicate it in a GUI environment. > >You can order Informix Workgroup Server for WinNT directly from the >Informix Website. That should do the job. Just export the database to >delimited text files, export the database schema using dbschema, load >up WGS, recreate the database, reload the data. Voila! Instant >multi-user database server. > >Art S. Kagel If only it was that easy! Let us assume that the user has some forms and reports written in the ancient (but really still useful) PERFORM and ACE which was part of the 2.10 package. Convert the database to NT I agree is no problem. But what about those functions??? I am in a very similar problem with some old code and have yet to find solution (unless I am missing something obvious).