Re: ODBC: Openlink, Intersolv or Informix?

On Tue, 08 Dec 1998 15:51:12 -0500, Tony Marasco <tonmar@berksiu.k12.pa.us> wrote: >We are currently looking at buying an ODBC pack for Online >5.x (to be upgraded to 7.x soon.) Currently I have a single- >user license of Intersolv and other license from Crystal >Info Server. We want the ODBC connectivity for new graphical >applications (VB, Delphi, & Powerbuilder) and MS Office. >I am under the impression that PB has its own drivers. > >My biggest dilemma is which product to buy. I like Intersolv's >drivers as I have had no problems with it. I was told the >Informix drivers are Intersolv's drivers. Openlink is >getting attention because they claim it works on a Mac. It >would be nice to find drivers that are cross-platform >(PC and Mac). > >Does anyone have comments/suggestions on which path I should >suggest? The boss (who has and loves his MAC) wants Openlink >because of the Mac access. From what I saw we must run their >server software, unless I misunderstood their docs. > >TIA! Any help is greatly appreciated! I've found over the years that even though Intersolv sells its drivers to the DB companies, which just re-badge them and package them with their product, the two sometimes act in subtely different ways. This can be really annoying. I've also just learned (though I'll admit this hasn't been substantiated) that Intersolv's drivers don't support threads - so any plans to use MTS or CORBA could be affected. Don't know much about Openlink, so I can't comment Ciao Fuzzy :-)