Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!ucsd!ucbvax!ucdavis!csusac!unify!dgh From: dgh@Unify.Com (David Harrington) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Re: Unify ACCELL with INFORMIX database Message-ID: Date: 11 Oct 90 16:00:18 GMT References: <738@strengur.is> Organization: Unify Corporation, Sacramento, CA, USA Lines: 46 In article <738@strengur.is> snorri@strengur.is (Snorri Bergmann) writes: >Unify have been announcing recently that they have unbundled ACCELL from >the Unify database engine to work with any major databases, Informix included. > >Has anyone out there used ACCELL with the Informix database engine >(SE, OnLine)? ACCELL/SQL runs on the Informix SQL product only. >Does it work? Our QA department has certified that it does :-) >What platforms does it run on? 386 Xenix now, others later. >Would it be difficault to port an application written in ACCELL with >the Unify 2000 datatabase to work with an Informix database? There are some differences, such as the DIS, which doesn't exist on Informix, and a few locking model differences, but for the most part it is pretty straightforward. We have a manual titled "Writing Portable Applications" which goes into great detail on this subject. >Has anyone actually done this? Good question. > >Please e-mail, and I will summerize on the net if there is enugh interest. >Thanx in advance, >-- >Snorri Bergmann | Internet: snorri@strengur.is >Strengur Consulting Engineers | Phone: +354 1 685130 >Storhofdi 15 | Telefax: +354 1 680628 >112 Reykjavik Iceland -- David Harrington internet: dgh@eire.unify.COM Unify Corporation ...!{csusac,pyramid}!unify!eire!dgh 3870 Rosin Court voice: (916) 920-9092 Sacramento, CA 95834 fax: (916) 921-5340