Re: How to? Setup JDBC with Informix SE

Jackson Thompson wrote: > I am trying to make a Java applet communicate with our Informix SE. > We > have in the past only used 4GL and E-SQL on the localhost. We have > made > E-SQL calls from CGI programs. Do I need to buy add-on products to > use > JDBC? > > I was going down the path of using RMI to make C calls through E-SQL. > But I > found that to be a dead end road, as none of the browsers seem to work > with > RMI. I am going to try good old CGI for now, but I would like to try > using > JDBC. > > Thanks in advance Your going to need a JDBC driver which the browser will load locally or from the web/database server. I've been using a Type 3 driver from SCO, which is available free for 30-day evaluation at http://www.vision.sco.com , for an applet that talks to an Informix OnLine 7.12 database. I believe the driver is still in pre-release phase, but it's been working for my query-only requirements. Also, check out http://www.javasoft.com for info on other driver vendors and stuff on JDBC. Good luck! Edwin Babadaglian edwinb@panix.com