Re: Informix 5 vs. 7

Ofer Inbar wrote: > Tell me more about the "built-in networking" - what exactly does > Informix 5 lack? This site is definitely going to be accessing the > database via TCP/IP - the database is meant as part of the back end to > a CGI application on a web site. With 7 all I'd have to do is create > a sqlhosts file and an /etc/services entry on both sides, and clients > would automatically be talking to the database server over the net. > Is this not the case with Informix 5? No, it is not. With Informix 5, you need Informix-Net (on a server with SE) or Informix-Star (on a server with Online) for any network access. I don't know about the necessary products on the client side - I believe I-Net is still needed with ESQL/C 7.x and I4GL 6.x. Please correct me if I'm wrong. HTH, Richard -- +--------------------------+------------------------------------------+ | Dr. Richard Spitz | INTERNET: spitz@ana.med.uni-muenchen.de | | EDV-Gruppe Anaesthesie | Tel : +49-89-7095-3413 | | Klinikum Grosshadern | FAX : +49-89-7095-8886 | | 81366 Munich, Germany | | +--------------------------+------------------------------------------+