Help - new to informix

Hello All, I have a dilemma and I hope someone can help me. I work in an institution which has an old version of informix on and NCR unix box. My problem is I know very little about informix and would like to find some standard app that allows me to pass sql statements to the database and return results. If someone could let me know what it is I can run, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Tyson Oswald

The application you require is called dbaccess, and can be found in the $INFORMIXDIR/bin directory. It's menu-driven and pretty straightforward. Tyson Oswald wrote in message <37B8A416.1FB67F7F@iserv.net>... >Hello All, > > I have a dilemma and I hope someone can help me. I work in an >institution which has an old version of informix on and NCR unix box. >My problem is I know very little about informix and would like to find >some standard app that allows me to pass sql statements to the database >and return results. If someone could let me know what it is I can run, >it would be greatly appreciated. > >Thank you, > >Tyson Oswald >

If needed, you can find some DBACCESS Manual documentation that you can either view online or download at http://www.informix.com/answers Take care. Clifton Bean Neil Truby <ntruby@netcomuk.co.uk> wrote in message news:7pa8nf$dnj$1@taliesin.netcom.net.uk... > The application you require is called dbaccess, and can be found in the > $INFORMIXDIR/bin directory. It's menu-driven and pretty straightforward. > > Tyson Oswald wrote in message <37B8A416.1FB67F7F@iserv.net>... > >Hello All, > > > > I have a dilemma and I hope someone can help me. I work in an > >institution which has an old version of informix on and NCR unix box. > >My problem is I know very little about informix and would like to find > >some standard app that allows me to pass sql statements to the database > >and return results. If someone could let me know what it is I can run, > >it would be greatly appreciated. > > > >Thank you, > > > >Tyson Oswald > > > >

Tyson Oswald wrote: > > Hello All, > > I have a dilemma and I hope someone can help me. I work in an > institution which has an old version of informix on and NCR unix box. > My problem is I know very little about informix and would like to find > some standard app that allows me to pass sql statements to the database > and return results. If someone could let me know what it is I can run, > it would be greatly appreciated. Besides dbaccess, already mentioned, there also may be a product called ISQL, executable isql, which was included in REALLY old versions then was unbundled as a separate product. It basically does what dbaccess does but adds a menu and forms manager and a report writer. Look for that also. As Clifton mentioned all of the Informix manuals are online on the Informix WEB Site. Art S. Kagel