IVF and f90SQL-Lite

[msrado]

Hello everyone,

Can I use f90SQL Lite with Intel Visual Fortran v8.0? If not, what are my options? Do I set up a data environment in VS .NET and use that? Do I use the Windows API to go at the ODBC environment directly? Do I suck it up and purchase full blown f90SQL (in addition to theprice to bring IVF in-house)?

I'm in the process of test-driving Intel and Lahey. I love the conversion from CVF to IVF and loveIVF's archaic Fortran support! Lahey has a better price, though, and comes with f90SQL Lite.If I can interact with a database from Fortran, I don't need the Fortran 66compatibility since I can convert my direct access datafiles to databases.

I appreciate any advice!

Thanks in advance,

Robin

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Cainaima Software is working on the f90SQL port for IVF now.

Are you sure Lahey has a better price? It doesn't look that way to me.

[msrado]

Hi Steve,

Thanks for the information.

Am I missing something about the Intel/Lahey pricing? I see Intel at $1199 for a new user license of IVF Pro and $849 for an upgrade from CVF 6.x until June 30, 2004. Lahey is showing $1095 for Lahey 7.1 Enterpriseand $795 for Professional. I need a mix of upgrades and new licenses.

Thanks,

Robin

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Intel's "Professional" includes IMSL 5.0- Lahey no longer sells IMSL and never did have IMSL 5.0. The closest equivalent products are Lahey Professional ($795) and the combination of Intel Visual Fortran Standard ($499) and MS Visual C++ Standard ($100), total $599. (Street prices for the Intel compiler and MSVC tend to be less.) So the Intel solution is $200 less

Lahey's Enterprise Edition includes .NET code generation, which we don't offer.

Be sure you are comparing equivalent products and that you don't buy what you don't need.

[msrado]

Hi Steve,

I didn't really look at the IMSL inclusion - we haven't traditionally needed it for our coding. But that doesn't mean we won't in the future ...

I do have the original IMSL pack from the days when IBM used to hand out the source code, though ... :-)

I will have to do some more research, I think ...

Thanks for the answers on f90SQL. At least I know its a soon-to-be feature!

Robin

[ronald_g_guenther]

Greetings All,

Does anyone know anything more the CanaimaSoft's Port? After going out and buying all of these INEXPENSIVE IVF licenses, I can not port any of my odbc code.