Re: WWW to Informix - tool????
Joseph Kormann wrote: > > In article <5e39jj$6ob$2@news.nyu.edu>, > fren5011@PROBLEM_WITH_YOUR_MAIL_GATEWAY_FILE.nyu.edu (David Frenkiel) > wrote: > >: }| I am investigating Web to Informix connectivity tools, and thought I'd > >: }| ask the experts. Is anyone using a tool which they thoroughly > recommend? > >: }| If you're doing this, what have you found to be easy and hard with your > >: }| chosen tool or method? > >: }| > >: }| We have to be able to access both versions 5 and 7. Web server is > >: }| HP-UX and/or NT. We have expertise in CGI, perl, ESLQ-C, Unix. > > > >You might want to look at the Live Wire Pro package from Netscape. > I use it at work and it's VERY nice with one bug -- it can't create temp > tables. > > I got it with OnLine 7.12UC1 and NO MANUALS. (another subject). > > -Joseph We use Netscape servers, mainly on Sparc/Solaris but also NT. We find LiveWire is great for prototyping, but isn't stunningly robust. Most of our sites use SE (but we also use Online), with Netscape NSAPI. We use ESQL/C and C++ to provide the database connectivity, and get quite a good performance, see http://www.Goodfellow.com for an online catalogue which uses this, and our java site news system too. It's possible to tailor the Netscape servers to allow all the user authentication (both NCSA and client-certificate) data to be stored in the Informix database too! We've also used Informix on other servers with reasonable success. The only fly in the ointment is that it would be nice to use the Netscape servers in multi-threaded mode for performance... Multi-threading isn't really possible, due to only having the support added in ESQL/C 7.22, but also various C++ libraries cannot be used either. Paul P.S. note the mangled email address to trip-up spam-'bots! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Mansfield, Internet Consultant @ Motiv Systems Ltd snailto:Orwell House.Cowley Road.Cambridge.CB4 4WY.UK Webto: http://www.motiv.co.uk and http://java.motiv.co.uk mailto:p.mansfield@motiv.co.uk phoneto:[+44+223] 576318 faxto:~319 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28.8:is it the IQ, or the typical modem speed, on Usenet?