Platinum Technology Inc introduced Informix support for three existing database tools at the Informix users conference in Chicago last week. They are TSreorg, SQL-Spy and SQL-Coder. It brings Platinum’s Informix tools stable to more than 15 runners, the company claims. TSreorg is a utility that restructures objects that have become disorganized, without the need to rebuild the database, and can do it while the database is in use. The same thing has been out for Oracle since 1994 and will be available for Sybase later this quarter, which is also when the Informix version comes out. It will cost $2,000 a client and $4,500 per server for Solaris, AIX, HP-UX and Windows NT. SQL-Spy enables administrators to monitor heterogeneous databases and alert administrators when pre-determined events occur, such as exceptionally heavy usage, or to fix the problem. It supports Windows 3.1, Windows95 and Windows NT for $1,000. And SQL Coder, Platinum’s code and object management utility now support s Informix under the same systems, for $800.
