3
Setting Up the Environment for Development......................................................................... 28
Setting up on Windows................................................................................................28
Setting up on Unix-Type machines..............................................................................30
Reference Material.................................................................................................................. 31
Chapter 4: The Java Environment......................................................................................32
JDBC and IDS..........................................................................................................................32
Obtaining and Installing the Data Server Driver...................................................................... 32
Obtaining and Installing the Informix Driver.............................................................................34
Trying the Drivers..................................................................................................................... 36
More on the IBM Data Server Driver........................................................................................ 35
More on the Informix JDBC Driver........................................................................................... 36
Using a DataSource to Connect to IDS................................................................................... 36
Type Mapping.......................................................................................................................... 36
Using an Application Server.................................................................................................... 37
Development Tools.................................................................................................................. 40
Reference Material.................................................................................................................. 41
Chapter 5: Informix and PHP............................................................................................. 42
Picking a driver........................................................................................................................ 42
Installing the Informix-Specific Driver...................................................................................... 42
Using OAT as your Web Server.......................................................................................... 42
Installing the PDO_INFORMIX driver.................................................................................. 44
Trying the PDO_INFORMIX Driver...................................................................................... 47
Installing the IBM Data Server Driver....................................................................................... 48
Zend Core for IBM.............................................................................................................. 48
Installing the Driver in an Existing Installation.................................................................... 49
Using the Binary Driver................................................................................................ 49
Installing the Driver from Source................................................................................. 50
Trying the PDO_IBM driver................................................................................................. 50
Reference Material...................................................................................................................51
Chapter 6: Ruby and Rails.................................................................................................52
Drivers Choices....................................................................................................................... 52
Getting the IBM Data Server Driver......................................................................................... 52
Installing the IBM Data Server Driver....................................................................................... 52
Testing the IBM Data Server Driver Connectivity..................................................................... 53
Getting the Informix Driver....................................................................................................... 55
Installing the Informix Drivers.................................................................................................. 55
Testing the Informix Driver....................................................................................................... 56
Reference Material...................................................................................................................57
