Re: ODBC on UNIX?

Andy Kent (akent@cix.compulink.co.uk) wrote: : > I understand Informix is going to offer some middleware that will allow : > apps developed in 4GL/ESQL/etc... to access non-Informix databases. : > > Does anyone have any details of this? : > > I have a 4GL program running on UNIX and would like to be able to : access : > data through ODBC that is in a Microsoft Access database. Would have to : > run the ODBC on UNIX probably. : > : .. stuff deleted : However, I don't think Unix front-ends to Windows back-ends will be : feasible, the way of the world is to do it the other way round. If what : you propose *can* be accomplished, which I doubt, I can't see how more : than one person at a time would be able to connect to the Access d/b. With the multi-tasking of Windows NT, I don't see why Access can't support multi-user or server like operations. Does anyone know if Access does? : : Besides, I can't see why you would want to hold the data out on the PCs. : Surely the whole idea is to have centralised data on some whopping great : server and allow all the client boxes to connect to it. : Or you can have a distributed database among many PCs which you may want to access from some application. : : akent@cix.compulink.co.uk (Andy Kent) : ------------------------------------- John Lee johnlee@bnr.ca