Re: isql vs dbaccess

>Jonathan Leffler wrote: > >[snip] >> ISQL comes with Informix-SQL. It provides the >> forms and reports and user menus which are not part >> of DB-Access. ISQL has a primitive (early) version >> of the query language, database and table building >> options that are handled better by DB-Access. > >I see in the Informix Product Query Database that there is an ISQL-runtime >and an ISQL-development product. I thought that ISQL-runtime would let >you run ACE reports and PERFORM screens generated by ISQL-development. >We've just been told by Informix Tech Support that that is not so, that >ISQL-runtime is DBACCESS and that only the ISQL-development product >gives you the capability to run ACE rpts & PERFORM screens. Is this >correct? What product does DBACCESS come with, the engine or ISQL-runtime >or what? Spheroids. Absolute spheroids. The ISQL RTL is exactly what you thought it was. DBACCESS comes bundled with every engine (from V5 on, I think) and gives you the ability to do everything ISQL does, *except* develop or run ACE reports or PERFORM screens. You can tell your techie he needs to go on product training. :-( -- "I'll Be Back" Obnoxio ************************************************ Sane? Hell, if I was sane, why would I be here? Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com