Re: Upgrading to the 90s
In article <1994Nov10.101742.1@fermi.nsrl.rochester.edu> sort@fermi.nsrl.rochester.edu writes: > Newsgroups: comp.databases.informix > Path: lipdav.demon.co.uk!demon!uknet!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!doc.ic.ac.uk!agate! > howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!caen!news.tc.cornell.edu! > travelers.mail.cornell.edu!newstand.syr.edu!galileo.cc.rochester.edu! > fermi.nsrl.rochester.edu!sort > From: sort@fermi.nsrl.rochester.edu > Subject: Upgrading to the 90s > Message-ID: <1994Nov10.101742.1@fermi.nsrl.rochester.edu> > Lines: 19 > Sender: news@galileo.cc.rochester.edu > Nntp-Posting-Host: nsrlc6.nsrl.rochester.edu > Organization: Nuclear Structure Research Laboratory > Date: 10 Nov 94 10:17:42 -0500 > Lines: 19 > > I have Informix -SQL and Informix 4GL RDS/ID both versions are around 1.10 > something. It turns out the company I now work for went outside to have a > database developed. Although I had the manuals for the software all of the > Appendix was removed. ALso, I never had the manuals for the 4GL. I assume you had a new Informix db developed. > > Now I would like get this system up to date. I called Informix and was told I > would need 3 products Informix-SE, Informix -SQL, and Informix 4GL for > Windows. I started a Maintenance Agreement and got my updates no problem. > > Now what do I do with the updates? I have a 486DX66 with 4MRAM and a 250 MB If you are running in a DOS environment, you should upgrade to SCO Unix (min 6MB required + .5MB per user). > hard drive hooked to a Novelle file server. From what I can tell the 4gl for > windows is useless to me unless I spend $1500 to upgrade the RAM and buy a > C-compiler. I was not looking to develop software for a living just some >slick Was the program written in embedded SQL (ESQL) where the SQL is embedded in the C code? > routines for inputting data. Has any body gone through this type of upgrade? Why not consider a tool like PowerBuilder or simply use Informix 4GL Rapid Development System (RDS) to quickly develop your text based input routines. > Do you have any advice on implementing this. Also, and be honest am I just > stupid or what I thought I knew about computers but maybe it is my main frame You have to start somewhere. We all do. And we don't know the questions at the beginning. I specialise in finding the questions and then getting people to answer them (usually the easy part if the questions are phrase properly). > background but I am just lost in informix products? PS: I wouldn't run a Nuclear reactor using a 4GL. > > Bruce Szabo > -- David H Lipschitz email: david@lipdav.demon.co.uk Orbital Decisions: decision support services to bulk shipping companies The opinions are probably those of my company. I own the company If you don't try, you won't know