Re: Informix under NT 4.0 (don't laugh)

afalout@zg.tel.hr (Andrej Falout) wrote: :Nils.Myklebust@idg.no (Nils Myklebust) wrote: :>On the other hand the DOS version was never intended as a multiuser :>product. Although we have used it for a short time this way, it is not :>reliable in any way. I doubt very much that you get any kind of :>locking or transaction processing with it. :I'm very curious how did you achieve that. I would be very grateful if :you could :give some details about installation and use of DOS SE as multi-user :engine. My point was that you should *not* do that. Realy you shouldn't use the DOS SE at all as it is neither sold, nor supported any more. However what we did was simply install the database on a fileserver and point the DBPATH to that directory from several PC's. Again it's NOT a good idea. It's a *bad* idea, but we got it to work for read only applications and very controled inserts/updates from one PC at a time. 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