Re: Informix upgrade 5 to 9

"Five Cats" <cats_spam@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message news:05AV5jL5lZZAFwHs@[127.0.0.1]... > In message <Ogc9c.40411$A_2.1610983@news20.bellglobal.com>, casey > <casey.iDROP@DROPsympatico.ca> writes > >Is it at all possible to upgrade Informix 5 DS to 9 for an > >existing application using a combination of C++ and ESQL > >written programs and DBACCESS ? > > > >If so, how does the pricing per user work, i.e. who or what > >is a user - Online login, each process (in batch queries) > >... > > Are you asking 'can I continue to use my existing front-end tools with a > V9 engine' - then even if the technical answer is yes I can't think it > would be a good thing to do. > > If you are asking 'are the tools I use available in a later version' > then dbaccess comes with the Engine so you are OK there, though you > might find you have to change some queries slightly, and there are > certainly later versions of ESQL available - though you haven't said > what the platform is.... Indeed, nor what the engine is (Online or > Standard Engine).... > > -- > Five Cats No, pardon me for being unclear. I have 200 tables and 20 or so online transactions. Will the tables transfer and will the executables transfer to 9. I did say it was DS (Dynamic Server) and thought that meant Online. I run AIX, the database is in raw space. KC