Re: Informix 5.0 and HP-UX client

Ilkka Raisanen <ilkka.raisanen@kcl.fi> writes: > 'yvind Gjerstad wrote: > > > > We have done this with ESQL/C and Informix-Net on the client side > > and Informix-Star ond Informix-Online on the server side. This works > > very well, also with Informix 5.0 . The client and the server can be > > totally different unix versions. > > <snip> > > I suggest you contact a sales rep from Informix. > > The Informix representative said that it is possible to run UNIX clients > in version 5, however we need to have a local small database. This has > to do with version 5 tools needs to attach to a local shared memory > before it can access the network. Then your representative should learn more about the products he sell. A local database is certainly not needed. You only need I-NET for connectivity. You then set your DBPATH to point to the server. -- 'yvind Gjerstad Systems dept Tollpost-Globe AS N-6301 'ndalsnes/Norway E-mail: ogj@it.tollpost.no Phone: +47 7122 6663 Fax: +47 7122 6694