Re: Comment On OpenLink and/vs OpenPath ODBC

cms@sprynet.com (Jeff Stevens) wrote: : I am researching a project using ODBC for an Informix :database. I have come upon two drivers (OpenLink and OpenPath) that :include a service running on the server to expedite the transactions. : Is there anyone out there using either of these products and :be willing to share some comments? We use OpenLink and are very happy with that. I have only looked at the web pages of OpenPath (http://www.openpath.com). It's a serever based product which is the only viable solution, but there is no mention of all the other functionality that is so important with OpenLink. The key issue is security, but there are several others. You should read the OpenLink whitepaper on ODBC available at http://www.openlinksw.com/docs/product.html Unfortunately it's only available as an MS Word document in a zip file. If you have problems with this they'll surely send it to you if you ask them. I assume it will also shortly be available in html so you can read it directly. Noone should make a choice of ODBC drivers without reading this whitepaper first. : Has anyone actually switched to these products after trying to :use ODBC from Informix(CLI) and Intersolv which use I-Net? It's quite some time ago we made this switch after having too much trouble with these products, and realizing the incredible security issues that they do not even attempt to adress. For this last reason they are totaly useless for us. :Any help would be greatly appreciated. : :Jeff Stevens :CMSystems :Aurora, CO Nils.Myklebust@idg.no NM Data AS, P.O.Box 9090 Gronland, N-0133 Oslo, Norway My opinions are those of my company The Informix FAQ is at http://www.iiug.org