Re: Access V4 via Win 95/NT ODBC or HP Unix

You don't say what kind of machine this Aspect Telephone System runs on. If it's a Unix machine and you are able to install software on it you might be able to install the OpenLink ODBC driver (the request broker and database agent). These do support Informix ver. 4.x. In that case you will get excelent 32bit ODBC connectivity from Windows 95, NT and if you wish from HP Unix. ("ODBC" on HP Unix is in effect an implementation of the ANSI Call Level Interface spesification so you can access the database via C-programs or drivers for other languages/applications written in C). McCurryC@Poboxes.com (McCurry, Chuck) wrote: : :Folks, we have a "failure to communicate". : :We have a proprietary device (an Aspect Telephone System) which has an :_ancient_ Informix Version 4 database running internal. There are no :options to upgrade the "Informix database" to a "this century" version :-- as, this V4 implementation is a "black box" provided by the vendor :-- and they don't offer any option to upgrade. : :As far as this database goes, we actually don't maintain it at all, :we just have read-only access to the data elements. : :The only successful access we have been able to accomplish is via :16-bit ODBC drivers under Windows 3.1 or the same 16-bit ODBC drivers :under Windows 95. : :In reality, we have a situation where we need to access this database :under one of the following environments: : : 32-bit ODBC via Windows 95 : 32-bit ODBC via Windows NT : HP Unix : :We've tried various combinations of drivers, etc... but are coming up :dry. The Informix "Version 7" ODBC drivers are too "new" to deal :with this "ancient" Version 4 database. : :Any suggestions on how we might have real-time access to this old :version of Informix via "new" tools, such as 32-bit ODBC would be most :appreciated. : :Regards... Chuck : :Email: McCurryC@poboxes.com & McCurryC@panasonic.com : : 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