Re: New engines lack character based tools

In article <331434d0.119535322@news.mindspring.com>, John Morgan <mudshark@mindspring.com> wrote: >On Fri, 21 Feb 1997 08:39:17 GMT, Nils.Myklebust@idg.no (Nils >Myklebust) wrote: >>Can everybody conserned please scream at Informix. >>They are begining to remove character based tools from their database >>offerings to replace them with MS Windows based GUI tools. I'd still like to see some explanation of where this panic got started -- it's false as far as I know. >Being a recent convert to Informix I was stunned to find that there is >_NO_ command line SQL tool! All that is available is in dbaccess >through some stupid menu driven interface! ACK! Try: dbaccess {database_name | -} - -- Alan Denney aland@informix.com yosemite@netcom.com Informix Tools R&D (for another month...) "I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachment of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." -- James Madison