Re: accessing informix database from windows95

On Tue, 10 Mar 1998 15:48:11 -0600, dfernander@batelnet.bs wrote: >I work for a telephone company in the Bahamas. Some months age we gor an >application (Informix running on Unix). We connect to the Unhix Computer >using IP addresses. Is there any simple way to access the Informix data from >my PC and run queries (or copy the data to my PC so that an application like >Microsoft Access can read the data)? You do this by installing ODBC. Go to http://www.openlinksw.com and download their multi tier (server based) ODBC drivers. A two user test version is for free. You have to install one part of it on your Unix server and a generic ODBC driver on your PC. Works great. Nils Myklebust NM Data AS Norway E-mail: Nils.Myklebust@nmdata.com FAQ at: Primary with ODBC info: http://www.smooth1.demon.co.uk Official site http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html