Upgrading SCO Informix 3.30.12 to v4.00 & v7
Posted in 1997
Topics: Installation, Setup & Upgrades
Hello,
I am looking for some automated tools to help me upgrade ace reports,
forms, informer and dbstatus statements from
SCO Informix 3.30.12 (yes, the old xenix version)
to a more modern (but still old) Informix like
Informix 4.00.UE1
or to current Informix
Informix SE 7.x and SQL 6.x
We own the 4.00 version and while the forms converted from 3.30
without too much difficulty, I ran into a problem trying to
convert a couple thousand 'aceprep' reports into 'saceprep'
reports due to the syntax differences. Since dbstatus & informer
disappeared in v4, there was also a problem converting hundreds of
these non-sql scripts. We are now using a SCO 5.0.0 platform and
the 3.30 version is at its limits.
I came to the conclusion that I'd need an automated tool to help.
Informix told me they provide no such tools (which I still find
hard to believe), except for one which converts the database itself
(and that one does work).
Is there any freely available or other professional product on the
market which can convert the old 3.30 reports and other
dbstatus/informer scripts into the proper syntax for later Informix
versions? ie. Old Informix to SQL converter?
Preferrably, I'd like to jump directly to the latest SE 7.x & SQL 6.x
at this point and start using current products again.
(Please cc: your reply via email as I don't frequent this newsgroup.)
Thanks,
-Rob
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Robert Weiner / Programming Plus Hardware & Software Consulting
Email: robert@progplus.com Web: http://www.progplus.com