[Info-Ingres] Questions about INGRES II 2.6 Environment

[Karl & Betty Schendel]

At 8:40 PM +0200 4/23/07, Eduardo Klein wrote:
>First of all, I was think about using a Windows version of INGRES in
>order to dismiss the use of an AIX server.

Windows isn't my favorite Ingres server platform, but in theory it
would work as a server pretty much the same as an AIX box would.

>
>When I visited INGRES web site, I found out that the only version
>available for download is INGRES 2006. Is this a newer version of INGRES
>II? I have no idea of how old INGRES II 2.6 is... Do you know any site
>where I can find this version?

I think you'll have to get it from Ingres Corp.  Your customer may
have to get a copy for you.
Ingres 2.6 is roughly 4 years old at this point.  It's the last
major release prior to Ingres r3/Ingres 2006.

>I also looked at ODBC Panel, in System Tools, and found an Ingres entry,
>that points to CAIIOD35.dll. Is this the version I need (CA-ODBC 3.5) or
>just a coincidence?

I'm not sure how the ODBC versions work, maybe someone else does.

>
>Nowadays, I would expect that there is a .NET Managed Provider for
>INGRES... Does this exist?

Yes, but it runs against the Data Access Server.  I think that 2.6
had (an early version of) the Data Access Server but I'm not entirely
sure.   The .NET provider is new in Ingres 2006, so what you would have
to do is get Ingres 2006, use its .NET provider on the client side,
and have it talking to the DAS server on the 2.6 server side.
Something like that, anyway.

Karl