Re: Intersolve ODBC Q&E, MS Excel & Access front ends

In article <798202317snz@excelsis.demon.co.uk>, Sally@excelsis.demon.co.uk (Sally Woolrich) wrote: >In article <3msle9$sd2@inferno.mpx.com.au> > mcdonste@ozemail.com.au "Steven McDonald" writes: > ><snip> >> This was our first client-server project, we now have 200+ viewpoint & >> 300+ Q+E reports being accessed from Token-Ring & Ethernet LANS plus 64K >> ISDN WAN,the project has gone very well but here a few things to watch >> out for: >> >> - People who turn off their PC during a report >> This leaves processes running on the SCO box and database, we had to >> write shell scripts to find and kill these ! ><snip> > >This seems to be a more general problem with devices connected via networks. >Does anyone at Informix have any ideas? > >-- >============================================================================ >Sally Woolrich | This mail contains my personal >sally@excelsis.demon.co.uk | views not those of my employer! >============================================================================ We met this problem 4 years ago, and this is (one of) the reason why we decided to develop our own middleware product for Informix instead of inet to fix that. I agree with Sally, this is a more general problem, it exists with every databases we use (Oracle, Progress, Informix, Ingres). For the time being there is no easy way out using standard product Frederic BOUQUET FB-) frederic_bouquet@ascus.com