Re: SQL files not visible in DB-ACCESS

Koen.VanderElst@ping.be (Koen Van der Elst) wrote: >I use Informix Online 7.11 UC1 on SCO 3.2.4.2 and Informix Online 7.12 >UC 1 on SCO Openserver 5 (3.2.5). Both versions DB-Access the come >with Online have the same filename problem. >The DB-Access that comes with version 7.12 is even worse. I produces a >core dump if you enter a "very" long file name (about 18 characters). >I called Informix Belgium and they gave me the following explanation : >"It's not a bug, it's a feature to maintain compatibility with >DB-Access for Windows". Please don't believe total bs when you here it. Please tell them, in very polite language, that you need them to fix this. We do! (The version for OS5, SCO 3.2.4.2 is a dead product where we don't expect anybody to do any maintenance. Even SCO is soon abondoning it.) Another thing is we have long since started using MS-Access/MS-Query and similar tools for much of the work we previously did in dbaccess. It still is important that it works properly though. >Informix tools behave strangely : try to create a stored procedure >with I-SQL. It won't work, only if you create a procedure that >contains no code. This to is "a feature" according to Informix. You're >supposed to use DB-Access for these things, because "DB-Access is more >closely related to the database engine". >Strange features ... Well, according to the newly posted product life cycle paper at the Informix Web site, I-SQL is a category 2 product (full maintenance) which effectively mean there will be no new features implemented. This is more than natural for such an aged tool, so I don't think you should expect anything. Nils.Myklebust@ccmail.telemax.no NM Data AS, P.O.Box 9090 Gronland, N-0133 Oslo, Norway My opinions are those of my company