Re: Informix to Oracle conversion

You can get all of the Informix docs from: http://www.informix.com/answers

Dbacces is Informix's SQL*Plus. It has a menuing system with it. I would connect and run all scripts as informix (same as sys or system).

SC

> Bill,
>
> The help I need is not really with the kit but with just a few Informix basics. I have never worked with Informix and there is nolonger anyone here that has either(or won't admit to it anyway). The scripts supplied by the Oracle kit use dbadmin to interface with the database. I have no clue how to use this product and I'm running it against a production system. Do I need to logon as the Informix UNIX user and then run dbadmin? When I run it as annother user I get not connected errors, here is an example of the run
>
> " dbaccess database_name script.sql"
>
> Is there anything resembling sqlplus available for interacting with the database?
>
> Thanks
>
> ...JIM...
>
> >>> wcarle_at_att.com 9/12/00 12:34:13 PM >>>
> I have done an Informix to Oracle conversion, but I'm not sure what the
> Oracle conversion kit is. I wrote my own conversion.
>
> Bill Carle
> AT&T
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> wcarle_at_att.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: Informix to Oracle conversion
>
> DBA's
>
> Has anyone done an Informix to Oracle conversion? I need a little help to
> get started with the Oracle conversion kit. Please contact me off list.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jim Howerton
> jhowerton_at_uabmc.edu
>
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