Re: Help! Looking for APIs, FAQs and DOCs.

Tim Simms <tsimms@intr.net> wrote: :Hello! :As a first time poster, I think I should first ask if there's a FAQ :available. See my signature. :My situation is that: :I bought the Netscape Server pack (Netscape Enterprise Server, Netscape :LiveWire, and Informix bundled). I realized that LiveWire is not going to :meet our needs. I want to continue to use Informix, but I need an API to :talk to it. What I'd like is a Perl or a C API that would allow me to :write programs to talk to Informix databases. This API isn't included in :the Netscape pack, I suppose because they assume you're gonna love :LiveWire so much that you'll not want to use anything else! :) :So I heard about the ESQL/C kit. How much is this? It's free. There are also Perl interfaces to Informix, but I don't know which or from where. If you get no other responce to this post try a new post where you put Perl and Informix in the subject line. : What else will I need :to write applications? To use the ESQL/C kit you need ESQL/C from Informix. You can also use Informix 4GL. : Where can I get it? At the Informix web site http://www.informix.com : Is there anything else :available in terms of an API? Have you looked into using Java and JDBC. JDBC is available (in early versions) from several sources like: http://www.openlinksw.com, http://cafe.symantec.com and many others. Mike Auburn also have a non JDBC Java interface to Informix at http://www.aubury.demon.co.uk :Your comments and suggestions are welcomed and will be greatly :appreciated. :Thank you, :-Tim Nils.Myklebust@idg.no NM Data AS, P.O.Box 9090 Gronland, N-0133 Oslo, Norway My opinions are those of my company The Informix FAQ is at http://www.iiug.org