Client: Installation for Windows

For more information, refer to readme.inf in the Prolifics notes subdirectory.

If you don’t know your Informix version, check the release number listed in the text files provided in INFORMIXDIR\releasewhere INFORMIXDIR is the root Informix installation.

Microsoft SQL

Server

Windows 95/98 and NT: Microsoft SQL Server Version 6

Or latest version

Other

ODBCWindows 95/98 and NT: Microsoft Open Database Connectivity version 2Microsoft Open Database Connectivity version 3

Or latest version

Other

If your ODBC version is 2.x or earlier, choose Version 2. ODBC version 1 is compatible with version 2.

Oracle

Windows 95/98:

Oracle Version 7 to 7.2 using OCI

 

Oracle Version 7 to 7.2 using Pro*C

 

Oracle Version 7.3 using OCI

 

Oracle Version 7.3 using Pro*C

 

Oracle Version 8 using OCI

 

Oracle Version 8 using Pro*C

 

Or latest version

 

Other

Windows NT:

Oracle Version 7.3 using OCI

 

Oracle Version 7.3 using Pro*C

 

Oracle Version 8 using OCI

 

Oracle Version 8 using Pro*C

 

Or latest version

 

Other

Check for the supported version in the entry in

ORACLE_HOME\orainst\win95.rgsor ORACLE_HOME\orainst\winNT.rgs. Note that Pro*C 1.5.x is equivalent to Oracle 7.

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