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We have an Informix 9.21UC3-1 database on a RedHat Linux box.  And we
are evaluating a package from Transsoft Inc. that allows access to
legacy ISAM data (on an RS/6000 in this case running AcuCOBOL) via
JDBC/ODBC.  

I've read about (EGM?) linking tables from other data sources into the
Informix engine.  Is this possible in this scenario?  EGM doesn't list
as being available for Linux?  Does this require EGM?

I'd prefer JDBC as I know that works on a Linux box,  I haven't noodled
around with the libodbc* files they include on the UNIX side as I only
have those for AIX.

sending to informix-list

With 9.xx you have another elegant solution to linking tables from other
databases.  You can create an external data access method and define the
tables in the foreign database as tables using that access method.  From
then on you can treat the external table as if it were a native Informix
table.

Art S. Kagel

Quote:> We have an Informix 9.21UC3-1 database on a RedHat Linux box.  And we
> are evaluating a package from Transsoft Inc. that allows access to
> legacy ISAM data (on an RS/6000 in this case running AcuCOBOL) via
> JDBC/ODBC.

> I've read about (EGM?) linking tables from other data sources into the
> Informix engine.  Is this possible in this scenario?  EGM doesn't list
> as being available for Linux?  Does this require EGM?

> I'd prefer JDBC as I know that works on a Linux box,  I haven't noodled
> around with the libodbc* files they include on the UNIX side as I only
> have those for AIX.

> sending to informix-list