Re: GUI and Informix? InfoRequest

->From: clh@tfic.bc.ca (Chris Hermansen (V)) ->Subject: Re: GUI and Informix? InfoRequest ->Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1993 20:19:01 GMT ->Reply-To: clh@tfic.bc.ca (Chris Hermansen (V)) ->Organization: Timberline Forest Inventory Consultants -> ->In article <1395@quirm.terminus.ericsson.se> krysia@terminus.ericsson.se writes: ->>This is going to be a REALLY dumb question. ->>After having requested some info from the company, and ->>not getting much back, I'm trying here. So: ->> ->>Is there a (bugless-ish) GUI front-end for Informix? -> ->I too am interested in such a thing, and while the 4GL/GX product sounds ->interesting, I have another wrinkle to add; I'd like my GUI stuff to be ->able to talk to other manufacturer's databases, too (for those of our ->customers who haven't yet seen the way). -> ->I've been (briefly) looking at something called Uniface, which is, ummm, ->extensive... ie, it pretty much replaces the entire front end, and it ->looks as though it may keep its own data dictionary, etc etc. -> ->Any thoughts would be much appreciated. -> ->Chris Hermansen Timberline Forest Inventory Consultants ->Voice: 1 604 733 0731 302 - 958 West 8th Avenue ->FAX: 1 604 733 0634 Vancouver B.C. CANADA ->clh@tfic.bc.ca V5Z 1E5 -> ->C'est ma facon de parler. -> Sybase markets a variety of tools. Yes, they are a competitor of Informix, and they would be happy to sell you a complete database solution. HOWEVER, at the last sales pitch I attended they *claimed* to have broken their product set into three "pieces": front-end, communication, and back-end. In theory their front-end and communication products will connect to ANY database engine as back-end. I have not seen this claim verified thru a demonstration; at the sales presentation they used Sybase thru-out. But at least Sybase is addressing the issue of accessing multiple databases thru a single front-end; so this info may be of use to you. Regards, Alan +------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ | R. Alan Popiel | Internet: alan@den.mmc.com | | Martin Marietta, LSC | ( Please note: My opinions do not ) | | P.O. Box 179, M/S 5422 | ( represent official Martin policy. ) | | Denver, Colorado 80201-0179 | Voice: 303-977-9998 | +------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ BTW, my French is weak. Qu'est-ce c'est "facon"?