Re: Informix C Interface

John O'Brien, in your mail you wrote: > > > Our company is interested in buying informix. We wonder which kind of > >C Library function calls is provided(embedded SQL or just C function call)by > >Informix. > > > They only support embedded SQL and a pre-processor. The basic SQL commands > are pretty close to the ANSI standard for embedded SQL. There are also > commands for selecting the database you want, starting and stopping audits, > etc. They do not support direct C-Library calls, unfortunately. They > also support processing "dynamic SQL", meaning you can compile and execute > SQL statements at run time. What they have seems to work; I just wish it > was more flexible. You could try calling them up and asking for an > evaluation copy. > Assuming that you will never use Informix-ONLINE, there is Informix C-ISAM. These are C functions (usually /usr/lib/libisam.a) that access files created with the standard engine. DAS -- David A. Snyder @ UE&C - Catalytic in Philadelphia, PA UUCP: ..!uunet!trac2000!das INTERNET: das@trac2000.ueci.com