Re: C-ISAM Licences

> frb@solid.co.at (Franz Blaha) wrote: > > We are developing now with SCO C-ISAM, but it does not work > > in Networkstructures ( NFS/Shared Memory ). > > > We think, that INFORMIX C-ISAM does not have these problems. Actually these are almost undoubtedly the same product. C-ISAM is trademarked to Informix and Informix's product is also the X-Open standard method for ISAM file access on Unix. As such it is bundled with a large variety of applications and is normally available directly from the box suppliers like SCO, often under their own packaging. > > Are we right? If we are, there are some questions: > > > 1. is there some competent official informix partner in europe? Informix has offices all over Europe with a main European office in Britain. > > 2. does anyone know about the INFORMIX-Licence Policy for this > > developement system ( just the C-ISAM library ) - are there > > some Runtime licences for the Customers to pay or not? No runtime licence just a development license if memory serves. > Informix C-ISAM won't work over NFS either. Something to do with > NFS not supporting guaranteed append mode (always append at EOF) > This may have been addressed in later releases than we run (4.10) > but I doubt it. Correct me if I'm wrong. > > Cheers > Bill Hails Sorry Bill, I believe it is due to the fact that it is not possible to trust NFS record locking on all implementations. Because of this Informix generally disallows NFS access using C-ISAM. This is why Standard Engine doesn't work across NFS either as it is built on top of C-ISAM. Cheers - Jim My opinions are my own. They may vary with time but they remain MINE! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Jim Gordon Internet: jgordon@ssf-sys.DHL.COM Company: DHL Systems Inc Phone: (415) 375-5222 (Work) Address: 700 Airport Blvd. #300 (415) 775-7762 (Home) Burlingame, CA 94010-1937 Fax: (415) 375-5019 ----------------------------------------------------------------------