Re: INFORMIX - DOS USERS

Path: emory!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!pyramid!infmx!aland From: aland@informix.com (Colonel Panic) Newsgroups: comp.databases Summary: look closer Keywords: HELP PLEASE! Message-ID: <1991Jul6.202024.9303@informix.com> Date: 6 Jul 91 20:20:24 GMT References: <1991Jul5.013156.28898@netcom.COM> Sender: news@informix.com (Usenet News) Organization: International Brotherhood of Geeks, Local 619 In article <1991Jul5.013156.28898@netcom.COM> bobb@netcom.COM (Bob Beaulieu) writes: > >Boy, I tell ya, I enjoy working with UNIX INFORMIX v4.0,2.1 & 3.3; but, >have recently done some stuff for a client with DOS 2.1 -> It sucks! Yeah, I agree... DOS 2.11 sucks! [-: >I used their esql/c to create a couple of simple functions in a new sperform >and It won't even run from the isql menu system. Not enough memory due to >the size too big. I have 4 Meg RAM and have tried EMM.SYS,HIMEM.SYS,386MAX.SYS, >QEMM.SYS with low mem and high mem. Not necessary, and can even interfere with regular protected-mode operation. Just make sure you have enough extended memory free (run "pmem" to check). >I have tried pstartsql & startsql. > >The size of sperform.exe before adding these 2 simple functions and after: > > before after >sperform.exe 7284 bytes 196,816 (newperf.exe) Not really true. Sure, sperform.exe is only 7K or so, but it is basically just an exec() of "isql -fr formname", so it really requires sperform + isql, for more like 350KB or so. Your newperf is actually much smaller that the full isql + sperform set. If you run both isql and the engine in protected mode (pstartsql + pisql), you should be fine. Or, if you run your newperf outside of an isql menu, that should be OK too. >Has anyone else overcome this size of file too big problem? > >Also, has anyone been successful in using Borland C++ rather than microsoft C? We only support Microsoft (v4.0 and 5.1, with real-mode 6.0 support). >Thanks, >bobb -- Alan Denney aland@informix.com {pyramid|uunet}!infmx!aland "In the cafeteria just after lunch, (well, not *just* after, more like *during* lunch, about 12:28; say 12:30, give or take a few minutes), I leaned back in my chair (it was one of those aluminum chairs, good strength-to-weight, like titanium but not quite; but then of course titanium would be a bit of an overkill). Anyway, I heard one of the girls talking about how boring she thought engineers could be."