Re: Questions about Informix/Windows connectivity

I'm pretty new to working with Informix servers and such, so there may be a whole lot of information I'm lacking. From my personal experience, you need to install the ODBC driver on the workstation that will be accessing the Informix database. Also *on that machine*, you will need I-CONNECT (or a related product that includes SetNet). The experimentation that I've done on a few machines indicates that you must have an Informix connectivity utility installed before you can configure the ODBC driver with the ODBC Administrator. You can't use the driver until it is configured and a DSN is created. Phillip Koebbe Eagle-Picher Technologies, LLC darreld@his.com wrote in article <6p25ie$b23@edrn.newsguy.com>... > I have a couple of questions about connecting to Informix via ODBC. I've > started work in a shop that uses Informix (currently 5.x, soon 7.x) database > and all activity has, in the past, been on the server. We now have a need to > connect ot the db from a Win32 platform. SO.. I called Intersolve and was told > that I could use their ODBC drivers but I need IConnect on the db server. Is > this absolutely required? What is the minimum I need to connect to the Informix > DB from a VB app? > > Also, If I get the dba's to install IConnect, does it inherently change any of > the standard activity of the database engine, or is just a network technology > ala Oracle's SQL*Net? > > Any help appreciated. > -darrel > > ================================================== > Darrel L. Davis darreld@his.com > darreld@hotmail.com > ================================================== > >