Re: Help! Looking for APIs, FAQs and DOCs.

In article 100000@sheldon, Tim Simms <tsimms@intr.net> () writes: > > Hello! > > As a first time poster, I think I should first ask if there's a FAQ > available. > > My situation is that: > I bought the Netscape Server pack (Netscape Enterprise Server, Netscape > LiveWire, and Informix bundled). I realized that LiveWire is not going to > meet our needs. I want to continue to use Informix, but I need an API to > talk to it. What I'd like is a Perl or a C API that would allow me to > write programs to talk to Informix databases. This API isn't included in > the Netscape pack, I suppose because they assume you're gonna love > LiveWire so much that you'll not want to use anything else! :) > > So I heard about the ESQL/C kit. How much is this? What else will I need > to write applications? Where can I get it? Is there anything else > available in terms of an API? > > Your comments and suggestions are welcomed and will be greatly > appreciated. > > Thank you, > -Tim > > You might also want to look at JAM Web 2.0 from Prolifics (www.prolifics.com). Also look at perlisql (Perl as an Informix client), and there is nothing stopping you from using C and esql, etc, to write a CGI client to Informix. I don't know if JDBC exists for Informix yet (JAVA-database link). Most web tools (at least JAM Web) will let you link in your own JAVA and JAVA-script, and some even generate the JAVA and HTML for you, so from your perspective the Web is just another GUI interface (except you should remember to treat the web kindly, and avoid calls between the browser and the server as much as possible, just like you would calls between a database client and a server). If you don't want the headache of all the low-level coding, definately look at the tools like JAM Web, Uniface, WebObjects, Cold Fusion, etc. Some of these run on multiple platforms, and some have native Informix drivers. Good luck, Mark McNulty JYACC Consultant Note- these views are mine and not those of JP Morgan or JYACC.