Perl Cartridge Access to Informix Host
Posted in 1997
Topics: General Discussion
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0127_01BCDD72.5F9A9DF0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I sincerely hope someone out there can be of assistance in resolving the = following question: =20 "Can the Perl cartridge implemented in Oracle Webserver Version 3.0 = and executing on a NT 4.0 host be used to access an Informix database on = a host running Unix System V Release 4.0." =20 If so, what software is required on the Informix host ? =20 At this point I have a CGI enquiry application which accesses a socket = program on the Informix host with a backend process doing the actual = data retrieval. =20 Is it possible, referring to my original query earlier,=20 1) For the Perl cartridge on the Oracle Webserver to access the Informix = database via Perl on the Informix host. Or possibly 2) For the Perl cartridge on the Oracle Webserver to access the Informix = database via a socket interface executing on the Informix host.=20 I would appreciate a reply to either of the addresses listed below. Sincerely, Geoffrey Davis Pretoria, South Africa gad@isis.co.za (or davisg@sapo.co.za) ------=_NextPart_000_0127_01BCDD72.5F9A9DF0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.71.1712.3"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I sincerely hope someone out there can be of = assistance in=20 resolving the following question:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT><FONT color=3D#000000 = size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2> "Can the Perl cartridge = implemented=20 in Oracle Webserver Version 3.0 and executing on a NT 4.0 host be used = to access=20 an Informix database on a host running Unix System V Release=20 4.0."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>If so, what software is required on the Informix = host=20 ?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>At this point I have a CGI enquiry application which = accesses=20 a socket program on the Informix host with a backend process doing the = actual=20 data retrieval.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Is it possible, <FONT color=3D#000000>referring = </FONT>to my=20 original query earlier, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>1) For the Perl cartridge on the Oracle Webserver to = access=20 the Informix database via Perl on the Informix host. Or = possibly</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>2) For the Perl cartridge on the Oracle Webserver to = access=20 the Informix database via a socket interface executing on the Informix=20 host.</FONT> </DIV> <DIV>I would appreciate a reply to either of the addresses listed=20 below. </DIV> <DIV>Sincerely,</DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Geoffrey Davis<BR>Pretoria, South = Africa<BR><A=20 href=3D"mailto:gad@isis.co.za">gad@isis.co.za</A> (or <A=20 href=3D"mailto:davisg@sapo.co.za">davisg@sapo.co.za</A>)</FONT></DIV></DI= V> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0127_01BCDD72.5F9A9DF0--