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Migration advise request SE or IDS Express

Posted in 2007

Topics: Connectivity: ESQL/C, 4GL & Embedded SQL, Migration, Import/Export & Data Conversion, Platform-Specific Issues

JaxenT — — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

We currently have an old version of SE, 7.1 (date on the files is 1995, is there a way to pull the actual version number, the release directory files don't seem to have it). We are running applications on 4gl RDS 6.03.UC1. I seem to have been successful in beating the holders of the purse strings to agree the risk is too great in running it even if we run it only to migrate. And we can update the system cheaper without migrating to a new db. So I would like to get some advise from people other than IBM sales. Is the process of moving from SE to IDS ugly? It looks like IBM is building a new version of IDS, how about SE, or is that dead yet? Do I want to update the I4GL or is there a better choice, like Aubit (I haven't had any luck getting it built and running on windows, I was going to try the linux build), FourJs, Querix? We would like to migrate our 4GL to a GUI or Web environment. What are some of the better options there?

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Murray Wood — — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

In $INFORMIXDIR/etc are files that end in cr. cat *cr should get you the version, along with dbaccess -V or dbexport -V SE I think is currently 7.25 and is still there. You should be able to go to IDS, depending upon what is in your code. We are IDS only now, but in the past have been mixed SE and IDS. MW -----Original Message----- From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:informix-list-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of JaxenT Sent: Wednesday, 30 May 2007 10:05 a.m. To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Migration advise request SE or IDS Express We currently have an old version of SE, 7.1 (date on the files is 1995, is there a way to pull the actual version number, the release directory files don't seem to have it). We are running applications on 4gl RDS 6.03.UC1. I seem to have been successful in beating the holders of the purse strings to agree the risk is too great in running it even if we run it only to migrate. And we can update the system cheaper without migrating to a new db. So I would like to get some advise from people other than IBM sales. Is the process of moving from SE to IDS ugly? It looks like IBM is building a new version of IDS, how about SE, or is that dead yet? Do I want to update the I4GL or is there a better choice, like Aubit (I haven't had any luck getting it built and running on windows, I was going to try the linux build), FourJs, Querix? We would like to migrate our 4GL to a GUI or Web environment. What are some of the better options there? _______________________________________________ Informix-list mailing list Informix-list@iiug.org http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list

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Obnoxio The Clown — — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

JaxenT said: > We currently have an old version of SE, 7.1 (date on the files is > 1995, is there a way to pull the actual version number, the release > directory files don't seem to have it). We are running applications > on 4gl RDS 6.03.UC1. I seem to have been successful in beating the > holders of the purse strings to agree the risk is too great in running > it even if we run it only to migrate. And we can update the system > cheaper without migrating to a new db. > > So I would like to get some advise from people other than IBM sales. > Is the process of moving from SE to IDS ugly? It looks like IBM is > building a new version of IDS, how about SE, or is that dead yet? Do > I want to update the I4GL or is there a better choice, like Aubit (I > haven't had any luck getting it built and running on windows, I was > going to try the linux build), FourJs, Querix? > > We would like to migrate our 4GL to a GUI or Web environment. What are > some of the better options there? There is 4GL 7.31 out now and SE 7.25. That migration path is probably the simplest, and although there is no more development going on for SE (and probably 4GL as well), it is/they are still supported. If you're feeling adventurous, you could migrate to 4js or Querix on the front end or IDS on the back end, neither SHOULD cause any problems, but it's a hell of a risk to take at once. -- Bye now, Obnoxio "I'm astonished anyone pays real money for this crap." -- Cosmo -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by OpenProtect(http://www.openprotect.com), and is believed to be clean.

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