Re: IDS license count per user or per session?

Actually, since Informix never had the concept of a "named user", licensing cannot be based on users. You do not add users anywhere in an Informix system, you just grant predefined Unix users database permissions. The licensing is based upon the maximum number of concurrent sessions active at any time with a maximum number of threads per session at 5. So if you have a 500 seat license, keep your session high-water mark below 500 and you should be okay. "John Keefer" <keeferjm@attbi.com> wrote in message news:1kuIa.45944$sm5.53760@rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net... > The question has been asked before here on c.d.i., but it's elicited > conflicting answers. Some have said the license count is per session, > unless there's a Web server, transaction monitor, or similar gadget that > multplexes user connections; in which case the count is per user. > > Others have said the license count is per user. I read several posts circa > 1995 stating that the count is per user, with up to five sessions allowed > per user. > > Our reseller has always said it's per user. One of my coworkers called IBM > the other day and was told the count is per session. But if that's the > case, we could theoretically recode our apps for a Web interface and run > Workgroup Edition; and that can't be right. Anyone know where to find an > authoritative answer? > > Thanks in advance, > > John Keefer > > > >