Re: C-ISAM

>From: Philippe Noth <Philippe.Noth@hospvd.ch> >Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 08:55:29 +0200 >X-Informix-List-Id: <news.40414> > >I need an administration tool that allows me to see what is in the >C-ISAM files without having to write code, in order to see if the >application we run against these files behaves correctly. > >Does something like ODBC for C-ISAM exist? C-ISAM doesn't have a data dictionary to tell you what is in those files. This makes the facility you'd like essentially impossible to write. You can make some guesses at what is in the file by examining the index structures, but outside the indexed fields, only the applications which access the C-ISAM files can know what should be in the file. If the C-ISAM files are part of an SE database, the situation is quite different. Then the system catalogue contains complete details of the structure of the files. But the typical C-ISAM file from an stand-alone application is not structured in a way which SE will accept. Yours, Jonathan Leffler (johnl@informix.com) #include <disclaimer.h> PS: I decline to respond to messages with anti-spam in the return path.