Re: Can ODBC work with Informix Online 5.0??

I do not know about Online 5.0, however I have used ODBC to access Standard Engine 5.0 running on SCO 5.0.2 with Informix NET 5.0.8 installed so I expect it will also work with Online as SE seems to be given lower priority by Informix. I was running Crystal Reports Professional 5.0 on Windows NT 4.0 Server with some ODBC drivers that I downloaded for evaluation from the Intersolv website although Crystal reports does come with Informix ODBC drivers for Informix 5.0 and 7.1. Clive Everett everettc@pictel.com Gary Wheeler wrote: > Does anyone know if I can use ODBC to access an Informix 5.0 database? > > I was told recently that ODBC was not implemented for Informix until > 6.0. > The person in question is no longer available, so I can't ask them if > they meant that Informix did not have their =own= ODBC drivers for > version 5.0 (but 3rd-party ODBC drivers were available), or whether > they > meant that version 5.0 is simply not capable of being accessed via > ODBC. > > You see, we have the need to develop an application to access an > Informix 5.0 database, and have been "requested" to use ODBC to > accomplish this, if possible. I'd rather not spend much time > investigating this route if it's an impossibility, due to inherent > limitations in Informix 5.0. > > Thanks for any info. > > Gary