Delphi with Informix?
Posted in 1995
Topics: Connectivity: ODBC / JDBC / .NET
Hi there. I'm managing a 50 user Novell Netware 3.11 server. Workstations use mainly Windows 95 or 3.11. I've done some programs with Delphi, which are used by about 20-30 persons simultaneously. They use purely paradox-format tables on shared directories. Now I would like to buy some server-database and transfer the tables on it. Questions: 1. Is Informix available as NLM? 2. What is the pricing policy? Media + users licensces? 3. If I have Delphi C/S (with SQL-Links to Informix), what more do I need to buy to have (lets say) 30 simultaneous users on Informix database server? Approximate price for that. 4. How about not using Delphi C/S but regular Delphi with some ODBC-drivers to Informix? Is Informix "heavy" or "light" server? I consider InterBase to be "light" and Oracle to be "heavy" (IMHO, of course), so how does Informix compare to those? I don't know anything about Informix except for the name...;) BTW: Any FAQs on Informix? Thanks for any info. Pax, Petri -- ------------------------------------------------- <><- Petri J. Riipinen - T:mi Digitronics <><- <><- Rauhantie 3 C 19 - 28400 Ulvila <><- <><- Finland - +358-39-5389799 / 940-5476076 <><- <><- petrijr@sik.ppoy.fi <><- -------------------------------------------------