Re: BIG ROOKIE QUESTION

Get ahold of Informix-CLI which is Informix's ODBC drivers. We use it to connect with Crystal Reports, VB , Access etc. Crystal Reports used to come with an Informix driver too. I don't know if it still does. Kelly On Tue, 25 Nov 1997 20:01:25 -0500, "Ed Bragg" <ewbragg@radix.net> wrote: >Hello Informix Gods, > >(Ducking WAY down low) Could anybody be kind enough to guide me in the right >direction on how to connect a Windows95 system to an HP-UX Informix Database >through our network. We have several Large databases on our HP-UX system >that I'd like to either import or access directly with a Windows95 system >(via Access97, Visual FoxPro, VisualBasic, or anything). > >I'm new extremely confident I can follow any instructions and am very >technically inclined to read around and figure it out, but I'm under a >deadline to show the bosses something, and not quite sure if we can do it. >We don't have any in-house programmers, or DB Administrators. I'm just your >average know-a-little-bit-about-everything techie, and was wondering if we >could do some slick things for the big guys, like pulling data out of our >huge databases and formatting the raw data into some interesting reports >that are more meaningful than those supplied by our Software Supplier who >happens to store our data in Informix databases. > >Thanks for being kind, > >Ed Bragg > >