Re: Powerbuilder-Informix

There are enough advantages to the OpenLink drivers over Intersolv + Iconnect that something like this should be solved. If would be very nice if you could be bothered to work a little with them to resolve the problem and post the results. rmcall@on-ramp.ior.com (Rob McAllister) wrote: :Just a quick note about Openlink. I tried to use it and got errors "RPC Can't :decode results" whenever a NULL value was returned. I switched to the Intersolv :+ Iconnect 7.x ODBC solution and we are up and running. : : :Daniel Wynalda <danielw@wybbs.mi.org> wrote: : :>philcya@aol.com wrote: : :>> >Our local Powerbuilder support said that Powerbuilder does not run on :>> >Informix INET and suggested us to purchase an ODBC product. : :>Inet does indeed work with Powerbuilder but I don't like it. It had :>some :>bugs and performance wasn't very good. A big plus to setting it up via :>ODBC is you can use any ODBC source interchangeably and other programs :>that use ODBC (besides powerbuilder) will be able to use the informix :>database. Lastly - it's cheaper. : :>Recommended (no connection other than a happy user) Openlink ODBC. They :>put a request broker on the server so you don't need ISTAR either! :>http://www.openlink.co.uk : : :>-- :>Daniel Wynalda/N8KUD/SYSOP |Consultants Connection BBS | 616-363-6680 :>danielw@wybbs.mi.org | 2783 Sandalwood Ct NE | Grand Rapids, MI 49505 : :-------------------------------------------------------- :Rob McAllister rmcall@on-ramp.ior.com :Spokane, WA :"On all good programmers a little core must dump" : Nils.Myklebust@idg.no NM Data AS, P.O.Box 9090 Gronland, N-0133 Oslo, Norway My opinions are those of my company The Informix FAQ is at http://www.iiug.org