Re: New engines lack character based tools

In article <yosemiteE68zqH.w0@netcom.com>, Alan Denney <yosemite@netcom.com> writes >In article <331434d0.119535322@news.mindspring.com>, >John Morgan <mudshark@mindspring.com> wrote: >>On Fri, 21 Feb 1997 08:39:17 GMT, Nils.Myklebust@idg.no (Nils >>Myklebust) wrote: >>>Can everybody conserned please scream at Informix. >>>They are begining to remove character based tools from their database >>>offerings to replace them with MS Windows based GUI tools. > >I'd still like to see some explanation of where this panic got started -- it's >false as far as I know. > Me - OWS does not include onmonitor. I installed it on Monday/Tuesday this week. Nuff said. >>Being a recent convert to Informix I was stunned to find that there is >>_NO_ command line SQL tool! All that is available is in dbaccess >>through some stupid menu driven interface! ACK! > >Try: > >dbaccess {database_name | -} - > Q. How do you run forms in dbaccess? A. You can't, that functionally has been taken out. Q. How do you generate default forms for a table in dbaccess? A. You can't, that functionally has been taken out too. onmonitor has also gone and the OWS Admin Guide talks about installing the WIndoes 95 ( no Windows 3.1 or WFW 3.11 here!) Admin Tools e.g. Space Explorer. Note: The GUI Admin tools do not allow raw disk to be used. Detect a pattern here? I sure do!. > >-- >Alan Denney aland@informix.com yosemite@netcom.com >Informix Tools R&D (for another month...) > >"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the > people by gradual and silent encroachment of those in power than by violent > and sudden usurpations." -- James Madison > -- David Williams