Re: Macintosh access to Informix

>My questions are regarding Macintosh access to Informix databases residing >on a SUN SparcServer 1000 running SunOS 5.4 . We use the Informix 5.0 >engines and will be transitioning to 7.1 engines. > >We currently access Informix from Macs in a few ways: > - NCSA/BYU or Comet (telnet) session > - MacX (xterm) session > - A/UX (telnet) session > >Question1: Does anyone have advice on accessing Informix from a Macintosh > client? (other than DSQL mentioned in the Informix FAQ, or those > mentioned above) You might also try looking at othe middleware solutions such as those from Information Builders, Techgnosis, AGE Logic (DAL/ODBC Servers) etc. I can really only speak to DAL/ODBC which handles all the network access to the DBMS. DAL Servers that support Informix are available for Sun, HP 9000, DEC Alpha, and RS/6000 Unix platforms. DAL/ODBC clients are available for both Mac and Windows systems. Middleware solutions allow will allow you to make connections and query a database from within applications like Excel or GQL, without having to write SQL. >Question2: Is there a better method for providing Macintosh client access to > Informix databases than ISQL/4GL on terminal sessions? Most definately! See above....middleware. Please call or e-mail if you have any other quesitons. >Question3: What about GUI development on the Mac? How are developers dealing > with GUI development on their Mac clients? > >Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks! > >---- >Paul Acosta email: paul@oncology.uthscsa.edu >Univ. of Texas Health Science Center phone: (210) 567-4763 >San Antonio, TX 78284-7884 USA FAX: (210) 567-6687 Paul Mergener <--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--> AGE Logic (Pacer Software) Connectivity Specialists pmerge@pacersoft.com visit us at ftp.pacersoft.com 508-898-3300 FAX 508-366-1356