Re: database engine

In article <8881@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> Doimic01@saad-emh1.ARMY.MIL writes: >2) Is it possible to write a stand-alone Informix 4gl/esql-C application > that can be ported from one machine (same model, of course) to another, > without Informix on the second machine? I know the answer to this (NO!), Yes. The run-time module costs about half of the development version. And it doesn't have to be the same model as long as you recompile the application with the run-time module for the target system (same for dBase by the way). > but dBase allows you to write stand-alone applications, why not Informix? > Once a C/Pascal/Cobol/Basic program is compiled, you don't need a $20K > compiler or interpreter to run it. It would be nice to be able to do the > same with database programs. You can. Enjoy. --- / . . \\ | - | \\ \\_/ / --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ John R. Carter, Sr. Programmer/Analyst - Informix DBA Computer Sciences Corporation jcarter@nas.nasa.gov Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation 415/604-3662 NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000 M/S 258-6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------