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by Stephen Persson >> Thu, 19 Jul 2001 1:32:11 GMT

Hi,
Reading through the Installation & Admin Guide, chapter JADE on Unix Servers, it says ODBC, printing and web servers (and others) can not be run on Unix.
I was wanted to find out if this is still the case - Thin Client servers are now supported according to the latest release notes, but nothing about web servers, so I assume they still aren't supported.

If that is still the case - is that refering to if the web node is running on an RS6000, or would it work with the database and jadrap on the RS6000 and the web apps started via a fat client on an NT platform?
Similarly with printing and ODBC - would they work from a fat client on a windows platform, or do none of the above work at all, if the database is on a Unix platform, regardless of what platform the clients are running on?

Thanks
Stephen Persson
Kinetix Group Ltd

by Martyn Leadley >> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 3:37:43 GMT

Greetings,

You are correct in that ODBC, printing and Web servers are still not *directly* supported by a JADE node running on Unix.

If a Node (AppServer, fat client) is running on Windows, then ODBC, printing and Web support are available from this node.

There is a site that currently runs the database and AppServer on AIX. Some of their users attach via thin client over a VPN. They also run their web site by having a JADE fat client on the same host as their Microsoft IIS server.

Martyn