Re: Version question.

On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 13:19, Link, David A <DALink@west.com> wrote: > We have a customer running Informix 4GL Runtime Version 6.1 and > > Informix Standard Engine Version 7.2 on AIX 5.2. > Which version number in the SE 7.2x range? 7.20..7.24 should be viewed with extreme caution - dating as they do back to the mid-90s. 7.25 and 7.26 are different -- I think 7.25 is out of date and 7.26 is current; it could be that I'm one step ahead and 7.25 is current. If the 7.26 (or 7.25) was ported to AIX 5.x, the chances are that it will work OK on AIX 6.x. If it was ported to AIX 4.x, the chances are less good, but since SE is less demanding than IDS (by a large margin) on the services of the o/s, there is a better chance of it working. The I4GL 6.01 (presumably?) is worrying; that is very archaic - circa 1996. Try it; if it works, great - if it doesn't, sorry, but... I wonder if that was AIX 3.x? Probably. As always, please get version numbers quoted accurately - sometimes, all of the version number matters. I know these version are not explicitly supported on AIX6, but will > they run on AIX 6? > If the SE is close to current, probably yes. If the I4GL is really 6.01 (the last 6.x release was 6.05, IIRC), then you are on thin ice. Backwards compatibility may get you there, but I'd not want to count on it because we're talking about 15 years old releases. If the SE is the same vintage as the I4GL, then you may have problems there, too. -- Jonathan Leffler <jonathan.leffler@gmail.com> #include <disclaimer.h> Guardian of DBD::Informix - v2008.0513 - http://dbi.perl.org "Blessed are we who can laugh at ourselves, for we shall never cease to be amused."