Re: Informix-SQL ver 2.10 DOS single to multi user

On Mon, 27 Jul 1998 16:12:34 -0400, "Art S. Kagel" <kagel@bloomberg.net> wrote: >Joel Robinson wrote: >> >> Art S. Kagel wrote in message <35BCA909.1D4C@bloomberg.net>... >> >Sam Glattstein wrote: >[Original post and suggestions about WinNT SNIPPED] >> If only it was that easy! >> >> Let us assume that the user has some forms and reports written in the >> ancient (but really still useful) PERFORM and ACE which was part of the 2.10 >> package. Convert the database to NT I agree is no problem. But what about >> those functions??? >> >> I am in a very similar problem with some old code and have yet to find >> solution (unless I am missing something obvious). > >Ahh you did not say that! You will have to set up a UNIX server, with >the ISQL package to run the old forms and ACE reports. It would be >best if you have the source files for the forms so that you can re- >compile them. > >Art S. Kagel Here are some further options: If your applications are in Informix 4GL you now get Dynamic 4GL that can be used on Windows NT with the database engine that Art mentioned. If they are using Perform and Ace you have to use Unix as Art say. A small SCO machine would run them well. If the cost is a problem you may want to set up a Linux machine on your network and run Perform and Ace on that. As these aren't ported yet you will have to get the SCO versions of these products and run them using the SCO emulator available for Linux. That should work well with these products. I don't know if the new Linux port of SE would work with these products, but the 5.x version of SE for SCO should be ok. An alternative may of course be to rewrite your application in 4GL, but that may be too much work. To get the SCO or Linux versions to run is however relatively simple, and as soon as it's set up there will hardly be any administration you have to do. Unix (Linux or SCO) will run almost by itself for years in such a simple setup. Nils Myklebust NM Data AS Norway E-mail: Nils.Myklebust@nmdata.com FAQ at: http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html (Now with ODBC info under "Third party products".)