Re: Informix 5 vs. 7

Posted in 1997

"Billy Wheeler" — 4 Aug 1997 03:03:12 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

On 3 Aug 97 at 18:38, Ofer Inbar wrote: > Tell me more about the "built-in networking" - what exactly does > Informix 5 lack? This site is definitely going to be accessing the > database via TCP/IP - the database is meant as part of the back end > to a CGI application on a web site. With 7 all I'd have to do is > create a sqlhosts file and an /etc/services entry on both sides, and > clients would automatically be talking to the database server over > the net. Is this not the case with Informix 5? With Informix 5 you have to buy an additional license for Informix-Star which is functionally equivalent to Informix 7's "built in" networking. HTH. -- Ciao, Billy Nose to the ear in Johannesburg, Murder Capital of the World.