Re: database engine

In article <8894@emory.mathcs.emory.edu>, ar@valstr.uucp (Andrew Roberts) writes: |> |> > 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). |> > |> |> Do you know something about the run-time module that I don't? I use |> ESQL-C on an HP 9000, and I know for a fact that you don't get the |> preprocessor with the run-time module, so you can't recompile; and |> you don't get the sql libraries either, so you can't even relink. |> The machines have to be executable code compatible. |> I just had a look at the price sheet. We spent several minutes in a meeting deciding whether to get a run-time module or stay with the development module in its entirety. Since we never expect to port a standalone version of our application the decision was easy. If this price sheet is only available to the Government then I can't help you. Maybe we're interpreting the price sheet wrong? -- --- / . . \\ | - | \\ \\_/ / --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------