Re: AIX connection to Solaris db's

On Thu, 07 May 1998 11:04:42 -0400, "Maria L. Wilson" <m.l.wilson@larc.nasa.gov> wrote: > >Hi all, > > We have Informix DS 7.23 running well on Solaris 2.6 and applications >written in ESQL/C 7.23. Some clients of ours are requesting information >out of our databases - so we are looking at porting one of our >applications to a IBM AIX machine and setting up a remote connection to >the db's on the Solaris box. I have no experience with AIX and was >hoping that someone out there may give me a hand in terms of the >software necessary to make this happen. > > I have checked out TFM and the FAQ. Some help - but I need the dummy >version! > > Will we need to recompile the ESQL on the AIX box? Yes. IBM RS/6000 machines aren't exactly binary compatible with Sun machines. > Will the Informix >SDK for AIX be necessary? Yes, ESQL/C development system. You could have used the free Informix Client SDK available from http://www.intraware.com, but there strangely is no AIX version (yet?). As this is free for several platforms you might be able to get the ESQL/C development version for AIX for free (or allmost) from Informix. > Will the AIX box require a hosts,services, >and sqlhosts file? Yes. >Any setup help will sure help.... There are these fine manuals you know. I admit it may not all be easy, but still. Start there and see. It's in one of them. Now one last but important thing. As you intend to use straight ESQL/C you also will use the Informix implementation of connectivity between your clients machine and yours. As have been discussed several times here in c.d.i. it's impossible to achieve any great degree of security with this setup. If security is no significant consern it seems to work very well. If it is however you might want to look at other solutions as well. They would all involve writing completely new applications as far as I can see, but may be the functionality your clients need isn't that much? May be they could even be solved by some simple internet/intranet solutions (web/html/java or similar solutions). Nils Myklebust NM Data AS Norway E-mail: Nils.Myklebust@nmdata.com FAQ at: http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html (Now with ODBC info under "Third party products".)