Re: Informix database (SE on AIX) with Microsoft GUI
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00AD_01C091E9.EABC7280 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Easy! You need a development tool such as access, vb, powerbuilder, delphi, = etc. You need a simple odbc connection. You need a developer who knows = something about large databases (access programmers tend to think they = know and in reality make fundamental design mistakes) and you are in = business! Just remember, access can be a hog when it comes to how it manages and = controls databases. It is not an enterprise development tool and if you = use it for such you might be asking for trouble, since most access = developers have no idea what table and row level locking are and how to = use stored procedures to minimize database contention and locking. hth Doug p.s. are you from salem oregon or another salem? the reason I ask is I = am from Salem... ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Wayne Hansford=20 To: Informix mail=20 Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 1:13 PM Subject: Informix database (SE on AIX) with Microsoft GUI Hi: I was just watching one of out Microsoft Access developers build a = quick application with a nice point & click interface. The data for the = application came form an access database. All of our real data is in the = Informix DB on out AIX machine.=20 Does anyone know what we would need to be able to take advantage of = the PC developement environment and user interfaces to build a GUI fromt = end to out Informix database ? Thanks in advance ! hansford@salemleasing.com ------=_NextPart_000_00AD_01C091E9.EABC7280 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial" text=3D#000000> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Easy!</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>You need a development tool such as access, vb, = powerbuilder,=20 delphi, etc. You need a simple odbc connection. You need a = developer who=20 knows something about large databases (access programmers tend to think = they=20 know and in reality make fundamental design mistakes) and you are in=20 business!</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Just remember, access can be a hog when it comes to = how it=20 manages and controls databases. It is not an enterprise = development tool=20 and if you use it for such you might be asking for trouble, since most = access=20 developers have no idea what table and row level locking are and how to = use=20 stored procedures to minimize database contention and = locking.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>hth</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Doug</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>p.s. are you from salem oregon or another = salem? the=20 reason I ask is I am from Salem...</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A href=3D"mailto:hansford@salemleasing.com"=20 title=3Dhansford@salemleasing.com>Wayne Hansford</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 href=3D"mailto:informix-list@iiug.org" = title=3Dinformix-list@iiug.org>Informix=20 mail</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 06, 2001 = 1:13=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Informix database (SE = on AIX)=20 with Microsoft GUI</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> Hi:</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> I was just watching one of out Microsoft = Access=20 developers build a quick application with a nice point & click = interface.=20 The data for the application came form an access database. All of our = real=20 data is in the Informix DB on out AIX machine. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> Does anyone know what we would need to be = able to take=20 advantage of the PC developement environment and user interfaces to = build a=20 GUI fromt end to out Informix database ?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Thanks in advance !</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT=20 size=3D2>hansford@salemleasing.com</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML= > ------=_NextPart_000_00AD_01C091E9.EABC7280--