Re: Any Mac IDS users out there?
On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 2:43 AM, Ian Michael Gumby <im_gumby@hotmail.com>wrote: > Junior... Mac OS/X is based on NeXTStep. (Maybe before your time) :-) > > So if you write an app on the Apple, you're writing in Objective C. > > So if you're going to put Informix on a Mac Server, the odds are your > client is going to be written in Objective-C. > Got an iPhone? That's iOS which again when you write an app, you're writing > in Objective-C. > > So... you have to have an adapter to Informix. > > This is why I asked if there were any Mac Informix users because they would > understand what I was asking. > > Or maybe you could punt this around the Informix brain trust back at IBM... > oh wait. Guy left the building... ;-P > > > Oldman, NeXTStep is not before my time. I believe it's not even before my early working days. But I assume that's your friendly way of patronizing others and showing your great knowledge. I'm glad to know that you cannot use any other languages in MacOSX. Please Google. People all over the world are using Google to learn "what is Informix". I think you can find a bit more about Informix on MacOSX. No objective-c direct support. Sorry. Regards. On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:30 PM, Ian Michael Gumby <im_gumby@hotmail.com>wrote: > > Yes. > > You need an adapter or whatever its being called to make an objective-c > call from a Mac OS app. > Since IDS runs native on a Mac, one would expect that such an adapter > exists and is supported by IBM. > > So the question is... is the mac os/x adapter to native IDS, or DRDA since > 11.x embeds the DRDA server. > > Does that help? > > > No. It's too late here and I've just created a test case for a problem > that's been bugging me for several weeks. I'm tired. > What do you mean "make an objective-c call from a Mac OS app"? > Are you making an application in objective-c and do you want it to talk to > IDS? I think we don't have interfaces in Objective-C. > But Objective-C should allow you to embed functions in C or ESQL/C so you > could use either protocol... I just don't think that IBM has any objective-c > libraries or whatever the name.... > > So, I don't think this is specific to MacOS or that MacOS is an issue here. > Objective-C is. > > Again, at this hour I may be missing something.... > > > Regards. > > Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:45:48 +0100 > Subject: Re: Any Mac IDS users out there? > From: domusonline@gmail.com > To: informix-list@iiug.org > > > > > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 7:02 PM, Ian Michael Gumby <im_gumby@hotmail.com>wrote: > > I'm curious if IBM supports IDS connectivity via Informix's connectivity > or DRDA? > > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list > > > Not sure if I got your question correctly. IDS 11.x (including 11.50 and > 11.70) all support both communication protocols on the engine. > It should not be platform specific (used it in Windows, Linux, AIX, > HP-UX)... > In case of doubts one just have to check the machine notes available > online: > > > http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/idshelp/v117/topic/com.ibm.relnotes.doc/notes/ifx_1170xc1/mach/ids_machine_notes_11.70.macosx64.html > > But, coming from you I'd expect something more on your mind.... care to > share? > Regards. > > > > -- > Fernando Nunes > Portugal > > http://informix-technology.blogspot.com > My email works... but I don't check it frequently... > > _______________________________________________ Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list > > > > > -- > Fernando Nunes > Portugal > > http://informix-technology.blogspot.com > My email works... but I don't check it frequently... > > _______________________________________________ Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list > -- Fernando Nunes Portugal http://informix-technology.blogspot.com My email works... but I don't check it frequently...