Re: Informix 5 to 7

In article <34199A49.41C67EA6@ms.com>, Byron Washington <byronw@ms.com> writes >Hi, > >I need to convert my Informix 5 system to Informix 7. I was told >I need to use Informix's relay module to accomplish this & there is >a very big performance hit when this conversion is done. Does anyone >have any expertise in this area? > You only need to use the relay module if do not upgrade your applications from version 4.x tools (4GL or ESQL/C or ESQL/Cobol etc) to version 6 tools. The relay module is too slow to be useful. Upgrade the tools instead. >Also, what's involved in converting an Informix 5 database to >Informix 7. Does Informix have a utility that makes this task The database is automatically converted, you just need to run UPDATE STATISTICS to change all the indexes to the new structure. >simple or is there a lot of work involved. > >Cheers, Byron. -- David Williams