> Paul Schmidt wrote:
> >
> > Folks,
> >
> > I have a simple question, I am working on an application, that will
> > eventually be based on IB6/IBO, however, I need to know what was
> > added from IB 5.6 to IB 6 because I have some clients who use
> > Netware 4, and there is no Netware 4 support for IB 6. If I knew
> > what features were added/dropped/changed I could write the
> > application so that it could support both.
> >
>
> IB6.0 makes it fairly easy to backwardly support older databases. It
> comes with a kind of 'version 5.0' mode, otherwise known as SQL
> Dialect 1. That effectively tells the IB6.0 server to speak the same
> language as v5.0 servers.
I may use switches in the code, I don't really care about IB 5.6,
it's the fact that people who are married to Netware, don't have IB
6.0 available.
> Other than that you need to be aware of two things. IB on Netware has
> never supported UDF's. So they're out. And automatic sweeping is not
> readily recommended for v5.n, while under 6.n it is.
I don't use UDFs right now, and will simply avoid them, for now.
> I'd recommend that you get the IB6.0 documentation set and at least
> read the Release Notes. Check the URL below and follow the link to
> InterBase(r) in the Downloads section.
I have it.
> Of course you could save yourself a lot of trouble by convincing your
> Netware clients that sticking a cheap Linux box on their network is
> probably a lot easier. With Linux so widely available now it is hard
> to argue a case for supporting InterBase on Netware, although I am
> willing to entertain such arguments.
Thanks for the info, as for the Netware issue, some people are as
religious about Netware as others are about Linux or Windows, and you
can't always suggest people change their O/S religion. It's easier to
simply be careful with the SQL and allow the Netware people to buy IB
5.6, and do it that way. Mostly they use Btrieve right now, I will
adopt PervasiveSQL, when pigs fly south for the winter.
Mind you the graphical Netware 5, looks like X-Windows, so it's
starting to look like X on Netware, which is starting to look more
like a Unix layer on Dos (Ugh, worst of all worlds IMHO). I would
prefer if Netware just went away.
Paul S.
Paul Schmidt,
Tricat Technologies
Email: paul@...
Website: www.tricattechnologies.com