Re: database engine

> In article <8881@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> Doimic01@saad-emh1.ARMY.MIL writes: > >2) Is it possible to write a stand-alone Informix 4gl/esql-C application > > that can be ported from one machine (same model, of course) to another, > > without Informix on the second machine? I know the answer to this (NO!), > > Yes. The run-time module costs about half of the development version. > And it doesn't have to be the same model as long as you recompile > the application with the run-time module for the target system > (same for dBase by the way). > Do you know something about the run-time module that I don't? I use ESQL-C on an HP 9000, and I know for a fact that you don't get the preprocessor with the run-time module, so you can't recompile; and you don't get the sql libraries either, so you can't even relink. The machines have to be executable code compatible. -- Regards, Andrew. +---------------------------------+----------------------------------+ | Andrew Roberts | UUCP: ...uknet!valstr!ar | | Support Manager | Internet: ar@valstr.uucp | | Valstar Systems Limited | | | Burghmuir Drive, Inverurie | | | Aberdeenshire, Scotland | Voice: +44 467 22720 | | AB51 9GY | Fax: +44 467 24120 | +---------------------------------+----------------------------------+