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===Linking Tables from Informix into Virtuoso===

1. Start the Virtuoso Web User Interface.
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2. Select the **Conductor** link in the left frame and login as the **dba** user.
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3. Select the **Databases** -> **External Data Source** -> **Data Sources** tab menu items.
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4. Select the **Connect** button for the **inf10ma** Informix DSN.
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5. On successful connection, select the **Link Objects** button to obtain a list of available tables.
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6. Select all the tables that are part of the **stores_demo** catalog.
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7. Change the Catalog for each table to be **stores_demo** using the **Set All** button.
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8. All the catalog names are changed to be **stores_demo**.
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9. Select the **Link** button to link the selected tables into Virtuoso.
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10. On completion of the Link process, the tables will be displayed in the **External Linked Objects** tab.
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11. At this point, you can test the remotely linked tables by clicking on the link that accompanies each table, e.g. stores_demo.inf10ma.customer.%BR%%BR%
This will display the Interactive ISQL interface which will have been already populated with a suitable SQL statement.
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12. Select <b>Execute</b> to see data from the remotely linked table.
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13. The tables can also be viewed as part of the Virtuoso **SQL Schema Objects** under the **stores_demo** catalog name.
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The Link process is now complete enabling the tables to be queried as if part of the Virtuoso Schema.