Re: Using C-ISAM files under INFORMIX-SE

Terry, This procedure was the standard procedure for interfacing Tetra. I don't know why INFORMIX personnel would cringe about it! > Melvin > > I am sure the guys at Informix will argue with me to the cows > come home but this is possible. I have set up a site using > Multisoft ( a UK accounting package ) which is C-ISAM based. > What we did in order to use the Multisoft data in reports was > to ask Multisoft for a schema of their database. This schema > was then re-created in Informix-SE. > > The question is then how to link the two together. Our problem > was restore times in the event of a crash so what we did was > > ( Cringe Informix Gurus !! ) > > We altered the dirpath entry in systables so that the path of > the file pointed to the approprite files in the Multisoft > directory. Or in other words we fooled Informix into thinking > that the location of the data files was not a sub-directory of the > current one ( in a standard system ) but rather were the Multisoft > files. > > The site has now been running for 3 years with NO PROBLEMS > WHAT SO EVER > > Hope this helps > > -- > Terry Boyland > Verdades: Estes estao simplesmente a nossa interpretacao do mundo > > > > > > Malcolm Weallans Online Database Consultancy Phone 01628-72154 Fax 01628-37463 CIX - onlinedbc