Re: I-Connect 7.20.TE1 Question

Nils Myklebust <Nils.Myklebust@idg.no> wrote in article <33288158.44586812@gate.idg.no>... > Timothy Jones <tojones@romac.com> wrote: > > :Can I install this version on an NT 4.0 server and be available for all > :user to access for application connections to Informix 7.14. I do not > :want to install on local C:\\ drives for all users, but rather a network > :drive that gets backed up. > > Although I haven't installed this version I would be highly surprised > if you can install it on a server and use it from other PC's. > It have to update the registry on each PC so it must be installed > there. > You *might* be able to tweek it a lot and get it to work by manually > setting up the registry yourself. In that case you should of course > make a program that will set up the registry for you on each PC. > If you could make it work it would however be totaly unsupported by > Informix, and probably a lot more hairy then simply installing it on > each PC. > I have asked iformix support if the informix.ini could be stored on the server - but they said no. The reason for this question is this : If some one else logs onto the network (with own name and password) they would be able to access the database using the PC owners username and password that is saved in the informix.ini. Our work around is to run a batch job every time some one logs on to copy the informix.ini form the network to the c drive > Is there a special reason why you need I-Connect. The better ODBC > drivers (server based that do not use I-Net/I-Connect) are very much > simpler to install, although they must also be installed on each PC. > It's a two minute process, and can fairly easily be made completely > automatic so the users can do it themselves. > > PS.: I realy hope someone corrects me on this, and says that Informix > have made a completly automatic install that can be run off a file > server by the end user with no expert intervention appart from an > initial setup. They will have to do that eventually. > Me three! > > 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 >