Re: Wanted: ODBC drivers for INFORMIX

sabba <sabba@inrete.it> wrote: :Mr. Munaf A.Razzak wrote: :> :> For a while there has been talk of openlink odbc drivers :> (www.openlink.com). I have mailed them and am waiting for them to get in : :> :problem ... the openlink odbc drivers runs only with i-net or i-connect :(what is the difference by the way ) version 5.0 .. i have version 7.2 :and so they do not work :( :am i right or i'm missing something ?! : :sabba Yes, you are using the Lite version of the OpenLink drivers. If you use the enterprise version with the OpenLink request broker (server component of ODBC driver) installed on your server you do not need I-Net/Connect at all. This is the version of OpenLink that gives you the performance and features for which these drivers are well known. The Lite versions are there for the case that you have a server for which no request broker is available, or for those who for some reason nead to have I-Net/Connect installed and want to run ODBC on top of that. (I wouldn't do that, but there are some valid reasons for it in some situations.) As to a Lite version for Connect 7.2 OpenLink will with all probability make that available RSN, particularly if you ask them to do it. (May be they allready have one if you ask them.) PS.: The web adress is www.openlinksw.com 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