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How to configure alarmprogram.sh to trigger only on errors and replication failures?
Hello, The alarmprogram.sh is just a shell script. You need to look into it and tailor it to your needs. This script was meant to help you to have a basic example. You could enrich it the way you want by either adding things or adapting things to alter the way y…
Extending chunk capacity
A couple more notes. If the server creates a chunk from a directory entry in the storage pool, as you know it will create a new cooked file in the directory and use it for the chunk. If its space is a regular dbspace we'll automatically mark that new chunk as extendable, so you s…
Changing DBSPACETEMP run-time
Hi, IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.FC5XE Please, is there a way to change DBSPACETEMP for a session inside 4GL? ------------------------------ Sincerely, Dennis ------------------------------…
Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager error messages in Qradar
Hello, If you have a case number I can follow up and see where the investigation went. Though looking at the payload in the example, it appears not to be in LEEF format thus the parser/DSM/Log source type is not able to understand the payload, which is causing these events to get…
HDR shutdown and Restart
Just a side issue: You should ONLY use DRAUTO set to 2 if the network connection between the primary and secondary is ABSOLUTELY reliable to avoid the possibility of suffering from the "two brain problem". It is better to use Connection Manager to handle upgrading a secondary aut…
ADO - activex data object
What do I require, to connect "ado activex data object" to Informix ? AIX 7.2 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 12.10.FC9W1 Regards Dirk…
-951 trap
Folks, IDS 11.70 AIX 7.4 Is there any way/method etc. to trap for the following authentication error and send out an alert to security admins ? (other than greping the msg log ) 951: Incorrect password or user is not known on the database server. Preferably would like to have…
systemd centos7
Hi All, we configured systemd on CentOs7 to start and stop informix server 12.10.FC10. Im not sure of the type of the service so I tried oneshot, simple and forking. Informix starts in all cases. I see no difference. But we have an issue: If starting informix via systemd, the …
listener-thread@soc_be.c:3073: err = -25582:
Adding Version details Informix Version : IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 12.10.FC6 O/S Version : Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.9 Thanks & Regards, Karthik Rajan…
Informix and speculative execution
Hi all, I have seen speculative execution patches for Firefox and SQL Server. Are there speculative execution patches for Informix in progress? There is no IBM Flash for Informix Dynamic Server and speculaative execution! Regards, David.…
Rovoke insert permission but still can insert
I am doing it at the command line in the server directly in the directory C:\\\\Program Files\\\\IBM\\\\IBM Informix Dynamic Server\\\\11.50\\\\bin…
12.10.FC6 Mac port released
IBM Informix 12.10.FC6 release for Mac OS is officially available! John F. Miller III STSM, Lead Architect miller3@us.ibm.com 503-747-1366 IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS)…
new features about dynamic parameter added in 12.1
Attention, this is not documented. For Informix 12.10, another way you can get the list is to use the cf_flags column on syscfgtab to determine which onconfig parameters are dynamic: SELECT cf_name FROM sysmaster:syscfgtab WHERE bitand(cf_flags,'0x1') = 0 --removes Unsupported p…
ALARMPROGRAM: Event Alarms Filtering?
Hello, IDS 11.70 I need to find out if there is a way to force ALARMPROGRAM not to trigger itself whenever certain types of events happen. For example, I am making dbexport backups of all dbs during night, and I need to temporarily stop ER. This event is with type WARNING and …
RFE request for session details during virtual shm
Thanks a lot, Jacques. From the manual page, SHMVIRT_ALLOCSEG it says that: alarm_level: Optional. An integer value from 1 to 5 that specifies the level of the event alarm to raise: 1 = Not noteworthy, 2 = Information, 3 = Attention (Default), 4 = Emergency, 5 = Fatal. The event…
RSS not working
-bash-4.2$ onstat - IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50.FC9 -- On-Line --…
Informix upgrade
Can we upgrade informix from Dynamic Server Version 11.70 to 12.1 workgroup edition directly?…
Logical logs - push or pull?
Hi Bill, Since a "LOG FULL" is an internal engine event (among the many other events) and that the engine executes the alarm program of your choice (the name of the alarm program should be defined in the ALARMPROGRAM onconfig parameter, I prefer to keep this solution. Plus the …
when use IfxDataReader.GetIfxDateTime to NULL valu
Hello, The version of Informix products in my environment is: Database server: AIX IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.FC5 IBM Informix CSDK Version 2.90 IBM-ESQL Version 2.90.FC4 Client: PC Windows IBM Informix-ESQL 3.70.TC5DE.…
DB_locale or local naming convention
Hi, I already mention the informix version. IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.TC1IE…
Initializing shared memory
Here is what I get if I don't set the FULL_DISK_INIT to 1: Fri Jan 18 07:24:06 2013 07:24:06 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG = '/opt/informix/etc/no_log.sh' 07:24:06 Booting Language <c> from module <> 07:24:06 Loading Module <CNULL> 07:24:06 Booting Language <builtin> from mod…
Error -556 on @ reference
In IDS_A have a stored procedure do_some that has a insert into a local table. In IDS_B have a stored procedure do_some that does: call base@IDS_A:do_some(); Calling this sp works ok. In IDS_C i try to run: call base@IDS_B:do_some(); Fails with error -556 Cannot create, drop,…
Interpreting event alarm messages
we are on 11.7.FC5 on AIX 6.1 seeing many instances of dynamic lock allocation - however, that is the only thing that gets written to the online log and the ph_alert table: "dynamically allocated 1000000 locks" however, the manual states that " if a thread attempts to acquire a …
alarmprogram.sh when LTAPEDEV /dev/null
2 dr-xr-xr-x 92 bin bin 8192 Apr 6 2011 /opt 61926 drwxr-xr-x 38 informix informix 8192 Sep 13 2011 /opt/informix 61927 drwxrwxr-x 4 informix informix 8192 Aug 13 09:34 /opt/informix/etc 83027 -rwxr-xr-x 1 informix informix 19932 Aug 4 2010 /opt/informix/etc/alarmprogram.sh head…
alrmprogram
On Tuesday, June 26, 2012 9:28:44 AM UTC-5, tom...@gmail.com wrote: > hello > > we recently upgraded from version 11.7.FC4 to 11.7.FC5 on AIX 6.1. > The scripts we use for the backups and alarms are the same (except for the new paths, of course) and we have ADMIN and PAGER set to…
IDS 7.31 UD5 data(base) recovery
Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.UD5 I understood that IDS 7.31 entered End Of Support in September 2009 ( 2 and a half years ago) I hope this is not a business critical system…
enterprise replication time to replicate data
IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50.FC6 Question for enterpise experts Does anyone know a command that will give me time that it takes to replicate data to a node? for example i update on server a and it replicates to server b . How long did it take? cdr view profile gives …
event trigger/alarm
Hi, Folks, IDS11.50 FC8, Redhat Linux. I am going to narrow down which job peoridically caused IDS to add new memory segments. Basically, the plan is, whenever IDS is adding a new memory segment( as in the attached online log messge) , the event will trigger my script to take …
IDS Monitoring tolls
I'm administering a large number of IBM-DB instance under HP-UX, with version IDS 11.50, XPS, some DB2 databases. Today, I use HP-Open View (OVO) to monitoring. with this tool, I generate logs and alarm events via e-mail. My organization ask me if exist another monitoring tools…
Over 1,000 days of 24x7 database uptime!
On 29.07.2011 20:38 Lester Knutsen wrote: > From one of our customers, their Informix server hit 1,000 days today > .... congratulations;) > > IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.FC8 -- On-Line -- Up > 1000 days 00:31:45 -- They beat mine just bit ... IBM Informix D…
Setting up HDR- First Time -11.70 Innovator-C
Hi, I am setting up HDR for the first time. onstat - on primary shows IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.UC2IE -- On-Line (Prim) -- Up 0:11:5s onstat - on secondry shows IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.UC2IE -- Fast Recovery (Sec) -- Up 00s onstat -m on sec…
ISAM error 197: Partition recently appended to
Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (i586) I have done a level 0 backup directed to /dev/null and tried again. still it is throwing the same error.…
Enterprise Replication event alarm code question
IDS 11.50.UC5 RHEL 5 We have the alarm program picking up event 71 for ER node disconnected and alerting through to our support system to go find out where the node went (network fault etc). The question is what is the event code to say "connected again"? I can't find it in the …
Slow communication performance of Informix 11.50
This simple SQL job has been running in our current 9.40 production environment for years. It moves data at about 6000/rows a second so I assumed it was opening one connection and moving the data then closing the connection. The open/close connection theory is something we have i…
network errors
We don't have a definitive answer, but it is a reverse DNS lookup problem. The majority of Informix's reverse lookup requests were timing out with the DNS servers so it would wait and repeat and if still failed, put them back to the bottom of the queue to try again. We added our…
Tool to estimate the size of an index
Sorry, I forgot to provide the version of the installation: IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50.FC4 Operative System: AIX Version 6.1…
Can't access sysindexes remotely
Hi, We are using IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50.FC6 using Platform: SunOS 5.10 Generic_125100-09 sun4v sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-T200 Thanks…
Practical difficulty with IDS 10-11.5 upgrade. Inspiration needed please ...!
"Art Kagel" <art.kagel@gmail.com> wrote in message news:mailman.390.1280966291.1071.informix-list@iiug.org... >> Wow, I would not have thought that HDR would work reliably with so long a >> WAN link! I have a client that had to have their WAN between Long Island >> and Manhattan…
alarmprogram.sh
Good Morning My Informix dbs are all IDS 10FC4 and my alarm program in configure with the following parameter: ALRM_ATTENTION=3 In order to identify an issue the Im having with some particular session that is causing a excess of additional shared memory segments I would like t…
Informix Dynamic Server Software Downloads
It appears IBM has cleverly hidden the IDS downloads again on the Passport Advantage Website, at least from my prying eyes. I can find the Solid DB and the DB2 links just fine. Does anyone out there in IIUG-land with a Passport Advantage account know where IBM has stashed the dow…
IDS 7.13 Monitoring tool
Is there any event ALARM program comes with informix 7.13 for monitoring Database server. What are the software/application that I can use to monitor our Database server health which is running on HP-UX 10.01. Please help me.…
OPTCOMPIND and perl
Anyone know if I can change OPTCOMPIND after establishing a DB connection or does it need to be set before connecting? ta SLES10 SP1 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.UC5…
Re: Connection manager redirect
A Network error, because the client at the public network can't connect directly to the IDS server at the private network, it's for that reason we use the connection manager between them. We want to know if always the connection manager is used only to the initial connection to t…
Writing into Files from Stored Procedures
> > There isn't any particularly easy way to do that. > > As Enrique suggested, if you aren't dealing with a temporary table, > you can use the SYSTEM statement to run, say, dbaccess and unload the > data that way. It isn't very elegant; it won't be very fast. And are > you sur…
Informix Dynamic Server Scheduler question
Hi! I'm working on a project at my faculty. It's a java desktop application with an informix database. I have a problem using informix dynamic server scheduler. I have a particular table in my database. This table contains records that are inserted by the desktop aplication I'm …
IDS 9.40 End of Support Imminent
I have seen a number of posts on CDI recently related to IDS 9.40 As per the announcement on September 7th 2007, effective on the dates listed below, IBM will withdraw support from the following product releases licensed under the IBM International Program License Agreement: 9…
Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics...
On 24 Jan, 22:17, Mark Townsend <markbtowns...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >> Where do you think DB2 got its multi-threaded server from? > > DB2 for LUW was multi-threaded on Windows since inception > > (DB2 V5.1 I think). > > All that was done in DB2 9.5 was to extend the concept to…
Looking for comprehensive list of all IDS event class id and message parameters with associated severity
Does anybody know where I can obtain a comprehensive list of all of the IDS version 11.10 event class id and message parameters WITH the associated severity in regard to the alarm program? I have the separate lists, just need to know that what each individual CLASS ID has for a…
use stored proc that return multiple columns in a query
forgot to include version info: IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.UC6W5 -- On-Line -- Up 207 days 22:14:39 -- 1441100 Kbytes…
installing informix dynamic server in linux
hi, I'm new to informix... I tried to install informix dynamic server(iif. 11.50.UC2E.Linux-RHEL4.tar) in my linux machine. I'm getting an error like this... One or more prerequisite system libraries are not installed on your computer. Install libpam.so.0, libncurses.so.5…
Audit Logs
If you have your own ALARM script, try trapping *all* alarms, including the 'message' ('info'?) type and just dumping the text to a file in /tmp. There *might* be a 'message' type that shows switching audit logs. -- Bob -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Fern…
Informix Dynamic Server v 11.50 Developer's Edition
Does everyone know that the Informix Dynamic Server Developer's Edition v11.50 that you can download from the IIUG Web site (www.iiug.org) is NOT timebombed, is completely and fully functional (including HDR, MACH11, ER etc.). Do you know that the only limitations on this versio…
Informix Dynamic Server v 11.50 Developer's Edition
Does everyone know that the Informix Dynamic Server Developer's Edition v11.50 that you can download from the IIUG Web site (www.iiug.org) is NOT timebombed, is completely and fully functional (including HDR, MACH11, ER etc.). Do you know that the only limitations on this versio…
CONFIGURATION ONAUDIT-IBM Informix Dynamic Server
Hello, I need to configure onaudit and onshowaudit able to register for each of the consultations that are made to the database, either through dbaccess, ODBC or another application. I've been reviewing the IBM Informix Trusted Facility Guide, but I was not working. What param…
How to use Informix Dynamic Server
I have installed trial version of "Informix IDS Dynamic Server Developer Edition 11.5 for Windows 2003, XP, Vista, 32bit Version 1150TC1DE". But i am new to informix. Can anyone explain how to use IDS in detail.…
Informix DRDA Gateway Issue.
We are trying to get our Informix DRDA Gateway working. We were able to copy the directories and files from one server to another, but we are getting the following error messages. We're running gateway version 7.31UD1 on Solaris 10: -29087:Network protocol communication error. …
What is IPA abbreviation ?
Hi all IBM INFORMIX DYNAMIC SERVER 10.00 PRODUCT RELEASE bug_number 168928 description WITH NON-DEFAULT PAGE SIZE AND ACTIVE IPA'S, TABLE LEVEL RESTORES FAIL product_code ONUTILS component_code ARCHECKR What is IPA ? Thanks…
Temporary Restore of 1 dbspace
> Jacques wrote: >Is there a possibility to restore 1 single dbspace (backup done > with networker) in a different location without interfering > with production ? ......... > running 9.21 UC7 on Solaris platform I am not familiar with networker, are you doing your IDS backups w…
ODBC connections iffy after new kernel
Hi, Maybe any of these ideas help: - At the O/S level (HP-UX) of the Informix server machine: Check for kernel parameter settings related to network/communications (specially TPC/IP parameters) and sockets (such as NOFILES --number of open file descriptors), and check for upgra…
Erroneous event alarm 7 "Initialization failure"
Just a gripe, really - a little while back our alerting system raised the above alarm (via ALARMPROGRAM) and initiated a callout, and all we found was "WARNING! Physical Log size 15000 is too small. Physical Log overflows may occur during peak activity. Recommended minimum Physic…
IIUG TV
Great job on the video work!! I look forward to seeing more! -t- -- -- Informix Dynamic Server Database Engine -- http://www.informix.com --…
Re: admin tools like PC client
Mike, What version of Informix are you using? Informix SE? Informix OnLine? Informix Dynamic Server? Most Informix versions these days come with a product call I-Connect that needs to be installed on the PC and rovides the Informix ODBC drivers.…
Error when initializing
06:36:20 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version [b]10.00.UC6TL[\\b] I believe this is likelt ot be a new ish instance to a newish user of the software…
RE: error on initilization
Execute:User root:# ipcs -ma send tha exitThe freedom of Linux ... The power of InformixDate: Tue, 15 May 2007 16:30:29 -0400From: yunyaoqu@gmail.comTo: heathn@infobase.co.zwSubject: Re: FW: error on initilizationCC: informix-list@iiug.orgYou already have a instance running or th…
FW: error on initilization
_____ Hi this is after a restore ? Can anyone help ? Thanks Heath Zimbabwe Tue May 15 09:29:23 2007 09:29:23 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG = '/u/informix/etc/log_full.sh' 09:29:23 Booting Language <c> from module <> 09:29:23 Loading Module <CNULL> 09:2…
Re: CSM Question
Martin Fuerderer wrote: > Hi, > > I would have thought that ENCCSM includes encrypting > the password as all the communication between client > and server gets encrypted ...? > But I may be quite wrong with this as I have never looked > into the details of ENCCSM. > ENCCSM is ne…
problems with Informix dynamic server 9.4 @ WIndows 2003
I have problems with connecting the server. I use correct user/password to connect to the server, but the server do not known the server. I'm sure the user exist and is one of the user in Informix_Admin group. I have installed Informix dynamic server 9.4 in a windows xp system in…
Informix Installation Crashed
When trying to install IDS 7.3 on SCO Openserver Release 5, I am getting following error continuously ... can any body help where should I do??? In fact the "Setup" hangs, when "Launching sysmaster database ...", and then it crashes. Early response will be highly appreciated. …
Informix Installation Crashed
When trying to install IDS 7.3 on SCO Openserver Release 5, I am getting following error continuously ... can any body help where should I do??? In fact the "Setup" hangs, when "Launching sysmaster database ...", and then it crashes. Early response will be highly appreciated. …
Re: changing HDR dbserver names
> IDS 10.00.UC5 on RHEL3 2.4.21 kernel > > Is it possible to change the dbserver names used for HDR without > reinitializing HDR? > > For example, a while ago I initialized HDR like so: > > physical restore of serverB from backup of serverA > onmode -d primary serverB > onmode -d…
changing HDR dbserver names
IDS 10.00.UC5 on RHEL3 2.4.21 kernel Is it possible to change the dbserver names used for HDR without reinitializing HDR? For example, a while ago I initialized HDR like so: physical restore of serverB from backup of serverA onmode -d primary serverB onmode -d secondary server…
License Extension
Help.. I need a license extension for the IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.FC3R1TL which I downloaded to do a evaluation. How can I get the license extened..my project is in the final stages .. Dhaya Commercial bank…
Question about Keep-Alive Option
I copied a paragraph from Admin Guideas following, IBM Informix Dynamic Server Administrator's Guide Previous Page | Next Page | Index The Database Server > Client/Server Communications > The sqlhosts Information > Connectivity Information Keep-Alive Option ...................…
Re: Security Vulnerabilities Addressed in Informix Dynamic Server
Clive Eisen wrote: > Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > > Yes the buffer overflow issues are a pain and frankly they shouldn't occur > > if IBM did formal code reviews. Or rather they should be caught and > > corrected prior to release. > > > > "Paul Watson" <paul@oninit.com> wrote in m…
Security Vulnerabilities Addressed in Informix Dynamic Server
Not sure if this has posted here or not but .... http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=630&context=SSGU8G&dc=D600&u id=swg21242921&loc=en_US&cs=UTF-8&lang=en Cheers Paul Paul Watson Tel: +44 1414161772 Mob: +44 7818003457 Web: www.oninit.com GO FURTHER with DB2 GET THER…
Informix KAIO Error
Hi people !! I have a problem with Informix 7.31 with HP-UX 11i, during the KAIO initialization. Following the online.log Tue Jul 4 08:57:38 2006 08:57:38 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG = '/sgbd/informix/etc/log_full.sh' 08:57:44 DR: DRAUTO is 0 (Off) 08:57:44 Informix D…
Lock Table Overflow
Get my package utils3_ak from the IIUG Software Repository and compile and install the eventalarm.c in ALARMPROGRAM instead of log_full.sh. It will handle multiply occurring events like the lock table overflow event by ignoring all by the first to arrive in a given configurable p…
Initialising Informix
I am trying to initialize informix on a new server and I am getting this error. The server is HP UX 11.11 and Informix IDS 7.31 What could be the problem / This action will initialize Informix Dynamic Server; any existing Informix Dynamic Server databases will NOT be accessible …
Informix Connection From WIN CE.NET Emulator?
How do I connect to informix dynamic server from WIN CE.NET Emulator? Is there a WIN CE informix driver?…
Re: Table Editor for Multiplatforms
Enhancements in Version 4.3 ..... also supports the Informix Dynamic Server 9.x. http://www.ibm.com/software/data/db2imstools/db2tools/db2te/…
Fragmentation Elimination Problem
I am on version IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.FC4.…
Re: Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 - Shared Memory
Ronald Schwingel wrote: > Can someone please tell me how much Shared Memory (gigabytes?) > Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 (32-bit version) for AIX 5L can use > before asserting with a Shared Memory access error? Can you provide > documentation that I can pass on also? It looked to…
RE: Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 - Shared Memory
First off you shouldn't be getting shared memory access errors. That sounds more like a bug that technical support should address. I wouldn't be surprised if your getting can't allocate additional shared memory segment messages. Informix 32-bit on AIX is a bitch. The problem …
Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 - Shared Memory
Can someone please tell me how much Shared Memory (gigabytes?) Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 (32-bit version) for AIX 5L can use before asserting with a Shared Memory access error? Can you provide documentation that I can pass on also? We are looking at providing one of cust…
create a DB on Linux
Hi! I have installed Informix dynamic server on Linux. Now I want to create a data base. What should I do? Thanks…
Re: flagship sunk
Funny I have been able to download IDS 10 for Solaris, Windows and Linux am I just smarter than everyone else? www.informix.com Support and downloads In the middle trials and betas Oh look Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) V10.0 easy!…
Re: HDR over secondary network
MMarks wrote: > On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 17:55:56 -0500, "Art S. Kagel" > <kagel@bloomberg.net> wrote: > > >>MMarks wrote: > > >>OK, post the sqlhosts entries for the two servers and the exact onmode >>command you are trying to use to initiate HDR. >> > > > on srvA: > > srvA onipcshm …
Re: IDS 10 - documentation questions
Oops! I mean IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.TC3ET Althought the release notes (idse_win_release_notes_10.0.html) start with:- "Release Notes for IBM Informix Dynamic Server Express Edition for Windows Platforms 10.00.TC3E, 1 July 2005 " so it is TC3E or TCE3T? and …
Re: Sql to concatenate multiple rows to a single row / column
Thank you SaltTan - it works beautifully. BTW, we have IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.FC6.…
Shared Memory not Initialized for INFORMIXSERVER on Informix IDS 7.31
For more informatio in my Log file appears: 09:23:21 (3) failure, system out of semaphores 09:23:21 Dynamically allocated new message shared memory segment (size 352KB) 09:23:21 Requested shared memory segment size rounded from 344KB to 352KB 09:23:21 Requested shared memory seg…
New IDS Forum on IBM Developerworks website
This forum provides a place for Informix Dynamic Server developers and users to share their questions, thoughts, and ideas with others. http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/dw_forum.jsp?forum=548&cat=19…
Re: IDS 10 Express Edition
Note 10.00.xC3 = Enterprise Version 10.00.xC3E = Express Edition http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ids9help/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.relnotes.doc/uc3E/idse_win_release_notes_10.0.html Then click on "IBM Informix Dynamic Server Express Edition" in the right pane:…
setup Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC1E1 to linux error
I setup Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC1E1 to linux execcute oninit -ivy is failed the online.log is write /// 16:31:32 Dynamically allocated new virtual shared memory segment (size 8192KB) 16:31:32 Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC1E1 Software Serial Number AA…
Informix Dynamic Server information Centre
Great new utility just posted under IDS 10 on the docs site has uses for other products and versions than just IDS 10 so take a look even if you are not using 10 yet!! http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ids9help/index.jsp…
Cannot find message file. Check INFORMIXDIR and DBLANG.
im trying to run the oninit -i in the command prompt when the message appear... we installed... IBM Informix Dynamic Server 9.40 IBM INFORMIX-4GL Rapid Development System Version 7.32.UC2 IBM INFORMIX-4GL Version 7.32.UC2 set up sqlhosts, services, onconfig, path... but when tr…
chunk capacity
we are using BM Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC2X3 on Linux Kernel 2.4.21 the command 'onstat -d' shows ... Expanded chunk capacity mode: disabled how can I change this mode to 'enabled'?…
IDS V7.30 and Windows 2000
Can Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.30.TC6 be run on a Windows 2000 host system? TIA Erwin…
Re: Error Initialize Informix Dynamic Server
Art S. Kagel wrote: > On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 05:05:41 -0400, madiego wrote: >>I install Informix Dynamic Server and when I initialize 'oninit -iv' : >> >>This action will initialize Informix Dynamic Server; any existing Informix >>Dynamic Server databases will NOT be accessible - Do…
Error Initialize Informix Dynamic Server
Hello, I install Informix Dynamic Server and when I initialize 'oninit -iv' : This action will initialize Informix Dynamic Server; any existing Informix Dynamic Server databases will NOT be accessible - Do you wish to continue (y/n)? y Checking group membership to determine ser…
Re: Informix Dynamic Server and DB Tuning
I am experiencing similar problems with users migrating from Standard Engine to IDS 9.30. It appears that some applications are more susceptible than others. What application(s) are you running? We also have experience of adding more BUFFERS, LOCKS, etc and not improving the sit…
RE: Informix Dynamic Server and DB Tuning
Muthana Increase BUFFERS in onconfig file. UPDATE STATISTICS for each table (as a minimum) rerun the query and see what improvements you get. If you still have problems post the results of:- onstat -p onstat -m onstat -R and sqexplain.out of any particularly slow query or updat…
Informix Dynamic Server and DB Tuning
Dear Sir, The question how can make DB Tuning for Informix Dynamic Server version 9:30 to get the query faster. I used IDS 9:30 and it's not quick enough like our old Standard Engine. which Parameter can i change to make that or what shall i do? Regards Muthana AL-Temimi…
cannot initialize root dbspace
$ oninit -iv This action will initialize Informix Dynamic Server; any existing Informix Dynamic Server databases will NOT be accessible - Do you wish to continue (y/n)? y Checking group membership to determine server run modesucceeded Reading configuration file '/informix/etc/on…
Can IDS accessing Informix SE Tables.
Hello, Now we are using Informix SE. We are planning to go Infomix Dynamic Server 9.x. Before migrating our current applications to IDS 9.x., first we have to develop a new application in IDS 9.x, in that we need to use some of the tables from informx SE. Could you please answer…
Re: Reg Informix Alarm events.....
On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 10:09:56 -0400, Rajasekaran, Rajesh wrote: Check out my package utils3_ak contains my alarm program executable source eventalarm.c It is configured to handle most critical events out of the box and adding handling of lower priority events is trivial (support…
Reg Informix Alarm events.....
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Dose anybody have the dbtop script in the Troubleshooting informix course?
Dears, I study the Troubleshooting ibm informix dynamic server course. At the module 4 exercise need the dbtop script. Dose anybody has this dbtop script and post for me? Thanks. Philip Yeh.…
Work group edition - Unlimited edition??
Taken from IBM web site:- =========================================================================== The following Informix Dynamic Server Workgroup Unlimited editions have been added to the IBM Data Management Gold Transaction Processing Bundle for SMB Unlimited: IBM Informix…
Re: [Informix Dynamic Server (IDS):] Digest 2671
For a course in the US, check out: http://www-306.ibm.com/services/learning/ites.wss?pageType=course_description&co urseCode=L1760&country=us&language=en (IBM course L1760). There is probably a similar course offered in Europe somewhere. Hope this helps. Kevin Doiron Toronto,…
Re: Transaction support in informix dynamic server(IDS)
chaithra wrote: > i wanted to know, if in IDS we can get to know the status of a > transaction at any given time. or once any transaction commits or > rollsback we should be able to know the status. > is it possible through c++ interface provided by the IDS. I'm not quite s…
Transaction support in informix dynamic server(IDS)
hi all, i wanted to know, if in IDS we can get to know the status of a transaction at any given time. or once any transaction commits or rollsback we should be able to know the status. is it possible through c++ interface provided by the IDS. thanx in advace chaithra…
Re: ER to replace HDR in HA environment
scottishpoet wrote: > But seriously, I'm not sure what the client will see here that they > don't see at the moment with HDR. Maybe Madisson will shoot me down in > flames, but ER won't redirect network connections from one server to > other other when the server goes down any m…
configure computer for using informix
what shell I do to make my computer work with informix. I have installed winXP on my computer, informix 4 i informix dynamic server? THANKS…
Where can I get the client API?
Hi, does anyone knows where to get the client API for Informix Dynamic Server 7.x? Perhaps we want to access the server via api directly. Kind regards, Joachim Engel.…
Informix optimizer
Hi, Does anyone know if the Informix Dynamic Server (7.31 or 9.4) database optimizer uses star schema optimizer techniques? Thank you, Tony…
TRUNCATE TABLE command in 9.3?
I am aware that Informix Dynamic Server previously has not included the TRUNCATE TABLE command. Does anyone know if 9.3 or 9.4 include this command?…
Linux fgl_getenv
Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.30.UC3 on Linux. Do I have to do something before I can use the fgl_getenv call in a stored procedure? When I try I get 674: Routine (fgl_getenv) can not be resolved.…
alternative ...that can work similar to ER ...
hello group: I have a situation where my ER replication backs up(fails) frequently due to weak network links. Is there a way to have informix communicate changes to a plugin or external program, the idea being to log the data to some other files to be transferred and restored. …
HDR Replication and event alarm log backup
Hi Folks, I got replication up and running finally. The process was as described in the manuals and everything looks good for now. The on bar alarm program ( /etc/log_full.sh ) which backs up the log files when they fill up is failing though. The message is: 07:46:47…
RE: Dynamic Server versus Universal Server ??
Originally, Version 7.x was called 'Informix Dynamic Server', Version 9.0x was called 'Universal server' Starting with 9.1, Universal server became 'Dynamic server with Universal data option'. With 9.2, new names 'Internet Foundation 2000 ' and 'Dynamic server 2000' ware given…
Informix Dynamic Server 2000 startup problem
Hi, While starting up informix in multi user mode , we wait for the database to come up by checking the onstat - o/p . But if the system is loaded, even after onstat shows status as online , the connection is rejected by the database . The wait loop that we do is as follow…
why I can't see the output of "onstat -g wts"
test:/informix>onstat -g wst Informix Dynamic Server 2000 Version 9.21.FC7 -- On-Line -- Up 5 days 13:23:03 -- 11132960 Kbytes Wait statistics not enabled How to enable the wait statistics???…
informix SDK 2.81 ifxoledbc OLEDB and ADO
When Updating or deleting a non existing row in a table, the informix oledb provider produces an "UnSpecified error". Environment: Informix Dynamic Server 7.31 Informix SDK 2.81 ADO 2.6 Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance…
Fw: alarmprogram.sh
Thanks Markand Brice, we'll work on it.. Regards ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark D. Stock" <mdstock@MydasSolutions.com> To: "Sadi G�rsoy" <sadi@login.com.tr> Cc: "IIUG" <informix-list@iiug.org> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 1:06 PM Subject: Re: alarmprogram.sh Sadi G�r…
Re: alarmprogram.sh
Sadi G�rsoy wrote: > Hi all, > Our platform is: > IDS 9.40 FC1 > AIX 5.2 > > We want to modify alarmprogram.sh. We want the program to work like > ontape -c. That is, when one logical log becomes full, we want it to be > archived, not wait until all logs are full. The default al…
IDS 9.3 On Windows 2000
On my Windows 2000 server system, there are two network adapters installed and each was configured with TCP/IP protocol.When IDS 9.3 started, it will select one of them to bind with it.If IDS 9.3 binds with a network adapter which is not connected with twisted-pair, remote comput…
Fatal error asfcode = '25507'
Hi! I have a problem to initialize my informix 9.30 on linux(red hat 7.3 on intel) it is a freshly installed 9.30.UC2E3 with a demo licens. This message is all that i get when i start the ids: oninit: Fatal error in initializing ASF with 'ASF_INIT_DATA' flags; asfcode = '25507'.…
ALARMPROGRAM and Linux IDS 7.30.U
OK, I'll try to make this simpler. I named my alarm program "t.sh" Here is the source pwd > /tmp/t.err exit 0 Two simple lines of code to redirect the output of "pwd" to a file in /tmp. Each and every time an event pops, regardless of the severity, I should get a file c…
What requires an IDS Linux?
Hello What requires an Informix Dynamic Server Linux a desktop and/or a network version of Linux? Thanks in advance Jacqueline Romero Miranda…
Automated Backups using ALARMPROGRAM
Right after the instance does a timestamp in the online log you should see the statement: 06:10:04 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG = /home/informix/7.24/etc/log_full.s h' with your correct information. If you don't see that, after you verify in the $ONCONFIG file that it is set…
Informix v Oracle
Hi Is there a function in Informix Dynamic Server 2000 that is like Oracles CREATE SEQUENCE that uses NEXTVAL/CURVAL and %ROWCOUNT, ect? Thanks for all contributions Jordan jbruce@asaglobalserv.com…
Retrieving product name
Hi all, Is their a system table somewhere on an informix server that stores the product name. For example 'Select owner from systables where tabname = � VERSION� will return the version of the server. I would like to be able to tell if a server is a Universal server or a Dynamic …
IDS 7.3x on Win2000?
Does Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.3x runs on Windows 2000 (Professional)? Thanks for your help. Guy Dillen…
Error communicating IDS with ONLINE
We are having problems trying to communicate 2 instances of our Informix databases. We�re on a Sun machine, Solaris 2.6, using IDS 7.31 UC6. If we use the "Connect" option in Dbaccess, the communication is OK, we can go through the instances without problems. But when we execute…
Re: Informix initializing in Linux.
From: "Marcos Alves" <marcosaoalves@ig.com.br> > >I'm try to install Informix IDS 7.3 in Linux Red Hat 6.2. The installation >was all OK. But, when I try initializing the database with oninit command, >I receive the message below: > >Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG = '/usr/inform…
RE: Communications service
one possibility : Where is your server/client ? Is the server behind the firewall ? Firewall may restrict to access Informix server, if server is behind firewall. thanks Ravi Yarlagadda -----Original Message----- From: Gregory Taane [mailto:greg.taane@crt.co.nz] Sent: Monday,…
Re: How to search for a string in a TEXT field
Hi, :-( SELECT name, REPLACE(text,"ZNOTREADY","found") AS your_output FROM tablewithtextfield; Blobs are not allowed in this expression. I use Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.UC2A…
Error 139 in logical log backup (resubmitted with additional info)
ram wrote: Neil, you misunderstand Pierre's problem. He, like many, did not know what to do with the ALARMPROGRAM parameter in the ONCONFIG file and left the sample value of $INFORMIXDIR/bin/logs_full.sh which is an example alarm event handler script that only handles the log f…
Re: Communicating IDS with Online
What's the problem? I do that all the time, no trouble as long as the OL engine has I-Star (networking module) installed. Otherwise you can use a schema like my dbcopy utility and run it locally on the OL5 machine using shared memory to connect there and a separate network conn…
Create user in Informix Dynamic Server
Hello all I`m new in INS. Could you help me? I have Database server with one user Informix. How to create another user to Database?…
Re: IDS Alert -> Mobile Phone Text Message
Mr Creosote Most mobile phone or pager companies have a website from which you can "email" pages to them. The one we use (Skytel) even has a mail-to-page interface, so if your pager number was 12345678, then you could email your pager at 12345678@skytel.com. We use this feature …
Informix ODS on Win 2000?
Does Informix Dynamic Server V7.31.TC5 for Intel Pentium Windows NT 4 also run on Windows 2000? Thanks for any help. Guy Dillen ITP…
Re: SE- Read performance problems
Richard harnden wrote: > > Try with seipcpip, rather than setlitcp. If you don't need network, that is. > > >>> <liliano@my-deja.com> 06/02/00 01:28pm >>> > Hi, > Do you know any configuration parameters that improve performance for > Informix SE SELECT/FETCH operations ? (I use…
Informix cost???
Someone can said how much does Informix cost? I need to know: -Informix costs -cost for client Thanks very much. I need the last version of dynamic server for Unix. Ciao, Berna…
Apache/PHP4/SE7.22.UC2 problem
On Fri, 26 May 2000, Chris Dunlop wrote: > I'm not at all familiar with Informix, however, I have been asked to connect > our webserver to a remote Informix database on a Sun box. > ... > sqlhosts: overthere seipcpip thatserver sqlexec I'm sorry if I misundersto…
Replication
Hello everybody. I would like to know if it is possible to replicate an Informix database between a UNIX-based 7.32UC2 Informix Dynamic Server and an linux-based IDS2000 without problems. Thanks in advance. jhernandez@geuropa.com…
Problem starting sqlexecd service on SunOS (ODBC driver setup)
Hi, I am having trouble starting a service on our SUN box to enable me to connect to it via ODBC from NT. When i type in the following on the SUN Unix box: $INFORMIXDIR/lib/sqlexecd <databaseservername> i get the error: # 2000-04-20 19:01:23.322705 daemon err = -25592: Commun…
dynamic server with Informix distant database
We have this problem : - write of a html page (this pages will contain many many fields). - Receiving of the page data on a http server based on a M1 machine. - Using of 4gl/informix programs based on the M2 machine with the pages data - 4GL programs will set up a � result � tabl…
HELP! Informix Dynamic Server 7.3
I'm trying to install a new IDS on Linux (RedHat 6.1) on a cooked file. Everything looks right, but upon oninit, I receive the following: oninit: Cannot open chunk '/u1/naf_chunk'. errno = 2 oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization Log reflects: 09:11:07 Informi…
UDR Support in Informix Dynamic Server.
Can someone tell me what exact version of Informix Dynamic Server that first supported C User Defined Routines. I've tried searching for this on their website with no joy. (their advanced search doesnt work at all !) Rgds, Peter. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before y…
Oninit problems with IDS 7.31 on Solaris
After a new install, I try to run "oninit -ivy", it gets quite a ways through, then bombs during the following phase: Initializing Dicitonary Cache and Stored Procedure Cache ... cannot find message file. Check INFORMIXDIR and DBLANG.FAILED My INFORMIXDIR is set correctly, as …
Unable to start engine sometimes...
Howdy, I get this message sometimes and Informix "support" has not been able to give me an answer as to why...just guesses. If I reboot the server, it works 99% of the time. After the engine starts, I see no problems at all! Has anyone ever seen this before? SCO 5.0.4 OWS 7.20…
Serious oninit -i problem?
oninit -i produced the following lines in the online.log on Solaris 2.7 The bit about the unusable chunk doesn't look healthy to me! BTW, rootdbs is a symbolic link to a raw meta device i.e. /dev/md/rdsk/d30 Any ideas? Advice greatly appreciated. 17:19:19 Event alarms enabled.…
OFFICE Connect V.1
Informix Office Connect, Version 1.0, is compatible with the following Informix servers: Informix Dynamic Server, Version 7.3 or later Informix Dynamic Server with Universal Data Option, Version 9.14 Informix Dynamic Server 2000, Version 9.2 or later e Informix-SE 7.23 n�o func…
RE: Informix 7.31 Event Codes
Event alarm codes are documented in the Administrator's Guide for Informix Dynamic Server (section 29 in IDS 7.3 manual). They are also shown in Appendix D of the Informix Administrator's Reference, September 1999. -----Original Message----- From: jaymond@communitycoffee.com [m…
Re: problem on initialization
Yes, I have the INFORMIXDIR environment variable. The system work very well before system crash. Chris McKay ���g��峹 ... >Do you have the INFORMIXDIR environment variable set when you run oninit ? > >Chris > >"W. J. Hsu" <wjhsu@pti.com.tw> wrote in message >news:88a6oa$h5f@netne…
Re: Shared memmory initialization
From: Manoj Narayanankutty <mnarayan@crosskeys.com> > > I am using Informix dynamic serrver version 7.31 on solaris 2.6. When I >am trying to reinitialize my shared memmory using oninit command, my >system gives an error >indicating fatal error in shared memory initialization. >…
System catalogue
Hello! Can anybody explain me how I can create trigger on "informix".systables? (The server I deal with is Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.3.) Max…
Shared memmory initialization
Hi, I am using Informix dynamic serrver version 7.31 on solaris 2.6. When I am trying to reinitialize my shared memmory using oninit command, my system gives an error indicating fatal error in shared memory initialization. The online.log gives the following message: 21:17:54 E…
Client SDK on HPUX
I am trying to connect to an SE 7.2 database on HPUX 10.20 from a windows client. My problem is that I can't start the sqlexed daemon on the server. When I run the command $INFORMIXDIR/lib/sqlexecd csi I get the message: 2000-01-14 11:30:01.820524 daemon err = -25592: Communic…
Compatability between Informix products
Hi, I need some version compatability information for the following products. Hardware Platform: Hewlett Packard OS Platform: HP-UX version 10.20 Informix s/w: Informix Universal Server 9.20 Informix Dynamic Server 7.31 Informix Gateway to DRDA vers…
onbar -l
Ron, I'm not sure who you are referring to as the "user". Anyway, this may be what you're after. Informix will generate an "Event Alarm 23" when a logical log fills up, if you have the ALARMPROC set to some shell script in your config. Informix will execute it for every EVENT AL…
informix dynamic server on linux help
Hi all, I am an informix newbie, and i have problems running it on redhat linux 6.0. The installation went just fine, but now when i start dbaccess and try to create a new database i get this error message: 25584: Network driver can not access server program /opt/informix/lib/sq…
Informix Dynamic Server on IBM SSA
Can any one share their experiences, recommendations, pit-falls, comments about creating an IDS db engineOLTP environment on an IBM SSA Raid system? We have 2 SSA adapters and have 4 loops with 4 drives each. The IBM techs for the Smoothstart services will be coming next Tuesday…
Please help me!
Hello! 1, Can somebody give me information, what is the new features for Version 7.24 of Informix Dynamic Server according to Version 7.20 of Informix Dynamic Server? 2, Are Version 7.20 of Informix Dynamic Server and 7.20 INFORMIX-ESQL/C 2000 Year Compatible? 3, W…
Re: installing Informix dynamic server
From: "Joerg_Mauz@abs.org" <Joerg_Mauz@abs.org> > Is there something wrong the the gateway, Hotmail or are there just loads of idiots posting today. (Apart from me, that is! :-) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hot…
installing Informix dynamic server
hi all, can anybody give me an URL where to find a good description of how to setup and install an Informix Dynamic Server with using RedHat Linux ??? I've searched a whole day but founf nothing useful.. :( thx ind advance joerg…
CSM
> I'm searching information about the Communication Support Modules (CSM). > I have Informix Dynamic Server 7.3 and HP-UX 10.20. > > I found in the Technical Brief (Part 4: > http://www.informix.com/informix/techbriefs/ids/feat.htm): > "Communications Support Service (CSS) > Comm…
Help! Cant start database service
Hello All I had my informix dynamic server (7.3) running fine till a few days back. Now the dynamic server service and the informix messenger service won't start automatically and if I try to start the server, it does start but I'm unable to connect to it. If I try to start the…
Need info on escape sequences to make a font Courier New
A colleague of mine is using sendmail to mail a file from an HP Unix server to individuals on our network. Our mail system is Lotus Notes Mail. Whenever we send a report the columns don't line up. This can be resolved by using Courier New font. What is the control character(s…
Informix Online Dynamic Server DBA Book
Hello Could anyone recommend a good Informix Online Dynamic Server book. I did a search in Amazon.com but I could not decide on which one to choose. Thanks in advance. Ajay…
user rights - odbc
Andreas Lommel <him_lommel@t-online.de> wrote in message news:37ccec65.8622768@news.btx.dtag.de... > The task: A user has access to a table (update, select, insert) via a > program. > This user also should have only select-rights via odbc on a table in > the same database. > How …
pricing for informix info?
Hello, Was wondering what other people out there paid for informix dynamic server 7.3... Basically, i wanted to know if they had a web server licensing schem like microsoft. or ibm's db2 (per cpu license). and would the licenses be transferable if I decided to move from le…
Pb with initialization. System: SUN Solaris 2.6 Informix 7.31
Hello, I'm installing an Informix Dynamic Servr for the first time. I have a problem with initialization of Informix. When running 'oninit -iy' I have this message: "Cannot find message file. Check INFORMIXDIR and DBLANG" I have checked INFORMIXDIR, it's "/opt/informix" (good) …
Re: Determining version dynamically
Hi, If you have Informix Dynamic Server then use the following sql-statement ' select DBINFO('version', 'full') from systables where tabid = 1' result from the sql is : Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.30.UC5 Take a look in Informix Guide to SQL: Syntax for more about DBINFO…
KAIO: out of OS resources error
Hi~ My informix dynamic server write "KAIO: out of OS resources error .." in online.log. This error log is written during ontape task. How can I solve this problem? platfom : SunOs 5.5.1 Informix Dynamic Server 7.24 uc6 Thanks.…
64bit IDS for Solaris 7/SPARC ?
Is there a 64bit Informix Dynamic Server 7.3x for Solaris 7/SPARC available? tia, joerg…
Posting from the Informix-list
what is the last version of Informix Dynamic Server for HP-UX 10.20, where can i find more Information about this.…
Latest versions for various Informix products ???
Which are the latest versions for Informix Dynamic Server Informix Dynamic Server, Workgroup Edition Informix 4GL Informix SQL on Solaris 7/SPARC ? Where can I find such informations on Informix's website ? tia, joerg…
cdr command line utility in informix 7.24
Hi, Is there a cdr command line utility in informix dynamic server 7.24? I tried to locate it, but the executable is nowhere to find. Thanks, Lu…
Problem Installing Informix Dynamic Server
I downloaded a Try&Buy version of Informix Dynamic Server V7.30 for NT. I installed it on an NT Server. The install seemed to go ok, but after a short time of investigating IECC, I got a blue screen. After this when I started the Command Center, a task seemed to start, but it w…
Problems starting IDS 7.30.TC7 on Windows NT SP4.
When i try to start informix dynamic Server, the following message appears "Only informix user can start informix dynamic server" this message appears when i logged on with the informix's user. When i try to start the service on the control panel , error 2140 appears.…
Out of buffer?
Hi, I got the following error message from an Informix IDS 7.30: <<Informix Dynamic Server>>> WARNING! Buffer pool size may cause Dynamic Server to get into a locked state. Recommended minimum buffer pool size is 4 times maximum concurrent user thre…
Linux VS NT4.0
Hi, Is it true that Informix Dynamic Server workgroup edition 7.30 is ported for Linux, and if it is so does anyone can tell me what to chose between Linux and NT4.0 for running Informix Dynamic Server workgroup edition 7.30. Also I'd like to know for which version of Linux, Inf…
RH Linux and INFX-SE problem
User has installed RH Linux and Informix-SE, and we have set the appropriate environment variables (INFORMIXDIR and INFORMIXSERVER) and tried to start sqlexecd. The following messages appear in the log (and sqlexecd does not start). Any help would be appreciated... 1999-04-21 …
Re: Re[2]: An alarm program from the online.log
> Yea, I'm thinking I could rsh to the other machines and check the > logs, or am I nuts? Don't ask me, you might regret it! :-) Why don't you write an event-handling script to e-mail/fax/page you and just install it on every box in the network? That *sort* of approach …
Re[2]: An alarm program from the online.log
Yea, I'm thinking I could rsh to the other machines and check the logs, or am I nuts? Thanks, Kevin ______________________________ Reply Separator ____________________________ _____ Subject: Re: An alarm program from the online.log Author: obnoxio@hotmail.co…
An alarm program from the online.log
Hi group! I am trying to write a script that will periodically check the online log for certain events, through egrep and awk, and eventually mail and page me. I checked the alarm program in /etc and would use it, but I need the program to look at several instances across the net…
Starting Informix Dynamic Server !
Hi Gurus, Just wondering is there any difference in starting the informix engine as root user versus as Informix user. ? The reason why I ask this question is , the IDS 7.23 UC6 on HP-UX 10.2 crashes due to a bug (declared as bug by Informix Technical support)when we start in…
Informix Dynamic Server Archive/Restore
Hello All: We have a large scale Informix DB resident on an HP 9000, K460, with AutoRaid Disk Subsystem (218gb). And we are running IDS 7.30. Currently, we are using the Informix ontape archive/restore utility to archive the DB and to perform continuous logical logging. We u…
RE: onbar backup problem
Hi, there ... Does the onbar command uses the tempdbs dbspace during the actual backup process? I asked this because we had the following error message during our scheduled onbar -b -w backup schedule using Legato Networker 5.1 for UNIX. ERROR: Unable to get backup data from t…
Any one know this?
Hi folks: Is there a script that can check informix on-line dynamic server is up and running or not? If not it will e-mail a note to D.B.A. groups Thanks in advance Garry…
RE: Problem with onbar using Networker 5.1 on Solaris
Hi, there ... My name is Edwin M. Manalo and I'm currently working here for COMCAST Cellular as UNIX Consultant. Part of my job is to implement Legato Networker backup of their existing Informix-OnLine databases. We are using Networker 5.1 Build 103, Informix-OnLine DS 7.24.UC…
ALARMPROGRAM
Hi, my Informix is 7.22 UC1 on HP 10.20 I do not want to use /informix/etc/log_full.sh as an alarmprogram because I have 4 informix server running on the machine. For each I have a shell script that starts ontape -c to a file on disk. (extra file for each server) I want to deacti…
converting Informix Online 5.1 esql/c to Dynamic Server esql/c?
Hi converting Informix Online 5.1 esql/c to Dynamic Server esql/c? What is the easiest way to do this? Is there a parser that could do this? edward…
INFORMIX- relational object manager SQL editor
Hello, I am using the INFORMIX- relational object manager SQL editor, that came with Dynamic Server personal edition for Win95. The question I have is, I am using it to run sql queries across a network to a sun Ultra 5 box. Does anyone know how it is communicating with the Sun …
Informix Connect Question -- sqlexecd
I'm moving from an old version of Informix SE up to SE 7.24. We currently have ODBC connectivity to the old server by running the sqlexecd daemon. The problem is making it work on the new server. I have the following entry in my /informixdir/etc/sqlhosts file mega se…
RAID Technolgy
We are using Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.2. We are going in for a new DEC UNIX Server with RAID Technolgy. It incorporates mirroring at the hardware level. So is it not necessary to do mirroring using Informix?. Can anybody give suggestions regarding mirroring and other feat…
Informix on Linux
Does anybody know how much a copy of Informix Dynamic Server would run me for use on Linux?? Thanks in advance -steve…
Upgrade Dynamic Server 7.13 - 7.24
I need to upgrade Informix Dynamic Server version 7.13 to version 7.24. Can anyone advise of any problems they may have had whilst doing this?…
Online Workgroup Server on SCO 5.0.4 with onipcshm
Hi, while trying out the Online Workgroup Server on a Compaq SCO 5.04 (128 MB, separate raw disk for database) : (Informix 1 month trial offer, we allready use SE extensively and would like a performance boost) I can oninit the database and use it with my existing ESQL/C-prog…
SQLRM segfaults under Linux (RH 5.2)
John Hardin wrote: > > We're trying out the Linux SE engine on a Redhat-5.2 box in the hopes > that we'll be able to move some of our legacy apps to newer hardware. > > I've been able to install the server and create and manipulate local > databases using DB-Access, but when I tr…
Informix Dynamic Server 7.31?
Is any information available regarding the release of IDS 7.31 for Unix? We have Sun E3000 and E4000 machines and are experiencing problems with both 7.30.UC3 and 7.30.UC5 and are curious about 7.31. Thanks. Carleen Avant Naval Safety Center Internet < cavant@safecen.navy.mil …
STRING FUNCTIONS
Are there functions for manipulating varchar type, like upper() or lower() in Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.2? Thanks in advance.…
Re: Help with Socket calls in Datablade IDS/UDO 9.14X
drchen@my-dejanews.com wrote: > > Hi, we are migrating one function from Illustra to IDS/UDO 9.14x. This > function needs to make TCP/IP socket call. It worked fine in Illustra but > failed in Informix, complaining memory type of problem. Here is the code: Did anything else cha…
Re: Problem starting Informix
Dr, You are using the network to communicate with the server. The service in the sqlhosts file is not define in the /etc/service file. If you are using NIS, ask your system administrator to create a NIS service entry for you. The NIS one will overwrite the local one. By the way,…
Netscape Enterprise Connection for Informix Dynamic Server
Hi: Does anyone know the procedure for setting up a Netscape Enterprise Server to connect to an Informix Dynamic server on a remote machine? Michael…
oninit: shared library problem
I'm having problems when initialising the DB using oninit. Config: INFORMIX Dynamic Server Ver 7.23, on a UNISYS-UNIX SVR4. When Initializing, I get the error ...dynamic linker: oninit: symbol not found: gettimeofday The LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set to $INFORMIXDIR/bin and �INFORMIXDIR…
Initi DB
I'm having problems when initialising the DB. Config: INFORMIX Dynamic Server Ver 7.23, on a UNISYS-UNIX SVR4. When Initializing, I get the error ...dynamic linker: oninit: symbol not found: gettimeofday The LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set to $INFORMIXDIR/bin and �INFORMIXDIR/esql help wo…
Re: listener-thread: err = -25574: oserr = 77
Hi, i had this same problem when i was setting communication to tli (ontlitcp). I solved this by setting up communication over shared memory (onipcshm) in file sqlhosts. Regards, Pavel *********************************************** * Pavel Hampl …
Tehnical problem for Client/server application (UNIX/Windows 95)
We are installing a client/Server application , wich use ODBC connection to access data in an Informix database. We are not able to have a good connexion. The server is a HP 9000 with HP-UX V9, Informix-SE V7.1. We have downloaded Informix-Client SDK 2.03. The client is a PC with…
Index on Informix Online 7.22 ?
I have installed a new Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.22UC3 on our server (HP-UX 10.20). I find it is much much slower than the Informix 7.12 Online DS server if I do not create index for a same program. Why and what is the difference between the two version of Dynamic serv…
OnBar performance tuning
I am currently trying to set up OnBar for use with ADSM and have a couple of performance questions: 1. If I change the tuning parameters for OnBar that are in the onconfig file (BAR_NB_XPORT.., etc.), do I have to stop/start the database server for them to take effect?? 2. From…
Re: Informix engine will not initialize
sda@arentfox.com wrote: > > I am running Online v7.22 on a HP 10.20 box. We lost a drive and I am > recovering the database. The ontape -r runs fine. > > 08:50:24 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG = '/dev/null' > 08:50:26 DR: DRAUTO is 0 (Off) > 08:50:26 INFORMIX-OnLine Initial…
Re: Informix engine will not initialize
sda@arentfox.com wrote: > > I am running Online v7.22 on a HP 10.20 box. We lost a drive and I am > recovering the database. The ontape -r runs fine. > > 08:50:24 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG = '/dev/null' > 08:50:26 DR: DRAUTO is 0 (Off) > 08:50:26 INFORMIX-OnLine Initial…
Informix engine will not initialize
I am running Online v7.22 on a HP 10.20 box. We lost a drive and I am recovering the database. The ontape -r runs fine. 08:50:24 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG = '/dev/null' 08:50:26 DR: DRAUTO is 0 (Off) 08:50:26 INFORMIX-OnLine Initialized -- Shared Memory Initialized. 08…
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Re: esqlvers statement.....results are different on 2 DB servers ???
Tim Jones wrote: > > I've installed Informix 7.30UC3 with the ClientSDK 2.01 software on 2 > servers. Let's call them Server A and B. > > Both A and B had a prior ESQL/C versions. > > After the install, logged in as informix userid on A and ran "esqlvers" > and got this : > I…
esqlvers statement.....results are different on 2 DB servers ???
I've installed Informix 7.30UC3 with the ClientSDK 2.01 software on 2 servers. Let's call them Server A and B. Both A and B had a prior ESQL/C versions. After the install, logged in as informix userid on A and ran "esqlvers" and got this : INFORMIX-ESQL Version 7.22.UC1 …
Re: TOP 100 in SQL
You can use select first 100 a, sum(b) from <table name> group by a DESC; -ramana In article <72cd6c$78e$1@news.xmission.com>, rfurdzik@paulweiss.com wrote: > > How to display only first 100 rows from a query ??? Please help > > Select a, sum(b) > group by a DESC > >…
Informix Dynamic Server Personal Edition
What development apps are known to work with IDS-PE for 95? Infrmx wants to sell me licenses for Dynamic 4gl, esql-c, ddvb for 150usd. Do these work and are there others? 150 sounds ok but the catch is is that the Open-Line Support is outrageous for this (3K usd for unlim. suppor…
Will informix 7.24.uc5 compatiable with solaris 7?
Hi there, I was wondering if Informix Dynamic Server 7.24.uc.5 will be compatiable with solaris 7 when it comes out? Thanks advance, Pat Militzer pmilitzer@ultracom.com…
Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.2.2
When I try to iniailize the shared memory I get an error "oninit: Critical error initializing shared memory" I checked the log and it says the base memory address is 0x80080000 and should be 0x80400000 when I change it it reverses. this is on a SCO open server 5. nay ideas.…
Informix Dynamic Server on Linux NOW!
Check out the Informix WEB Site. There is an announcement that IDS 7.3 is shipping on Linux TODAY! http://www.informix.com/ Art S. Kagel…
Problem installing to NT4.0 server
I'm trying to install Informix dynamic server workgroup edition to Primary domain Nt 4.0 Server. I have created Informix-Admin group and Informix account and grant it all Administrators rights and also Domain administrator rights. The server setup runs ok, but when setup is tryi…
Re: alarm handler bug on OWS 7.22?
Here is a part of the ONCONFIG file: # Diagnostics MSGPATH /informix/etc/online.log # System message log file path CONSOLE /dev/console # System console message path ALARMPROGRAM db_alarm_prog # Alarm program path The event handler db_alarm_prog is …
event-alarm-error ?
I've got some problems with the event alarm feature of OWS 7.22. I have written an event handler and set the onconfig paramter correctly as I can see from online.log. Also, I can see from online.log that my event handler is sometimes (it depends on the event class) called by: /b…
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Re: Informix Dynamic Server blocks
In article <3609EB18.2AB1B1CD@bull.net>, Helmut Leininger <Helmut.Leininger@bull.net> writes >Hi, > >Sporadically, the Informix server seems to block (every try to connect >or onstat times out and no reaction on onmode -ky). In the MSGPATH I >find the following message: > >09:03:…
Informix Dynamic Server blocks
Hi, Sporadically, the Informix server seems to block (every try to connect or onstat times out and no reaction on onmode -ky). In the MSGPATH I find the following message: 09:03:42 mt.c, line 8362, thread 2139, proc id 17096, mt_notifyvp timed out. Informix server is 7.22.UC2…
Informix Dynamic Server blocks
Hi, Sporadically, the Informix server seems to block (every try to connect or onstat times out and no reaction on onmode -ky). In the MSGPATH I find the following message: 09:03:42 mt.c, line 8362, thread 2139, proc id 17096, mt_notifyvp timed out. Informix server is 7.22.UC2…
Re: OnLine Dynamic Server 7.2 Vs INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3
On Tue, 28 Jul 1998 14:40:44 -0500, Ben Jazi <bjazi@fallschurch.esys.com> wrote: >What are the major differences between INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server >7.2 and INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3? Is it ORDBMS vs RDMBS? No, IDS 9.x is the ORDBMS. This autumn the 7.3 and 9.x code lin…
Re: OnLine Dynamic Server 7.2 Vs INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3
Ben Jazi wrote: > > What are the major differences between INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server > 7.2 and INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3? Is it ORDBMS vs RDMBS? > > Thanks, > Ben I don't know the differences in detail but you could check the following pages, where IDS 7.3 is described …
OnLine Dynamic Server 7.2 Vs INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3
What are the major differences between INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server 7.2 and INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3? Is it ORDBMS vs RDMBS? Thanks, Ben…
Re: Question: Continous Log
Mario, Continuos logical log backup needs a dedicated terminal. I usr 'automatic backup' of the logical logs instead. The log_full event alarm triggers the log_full.sh script in $INFORMIXDIR/etc. This script then can activate an onbar -l command. Hope this helps. Carl in Atla…
Informix computer Base classes
Has any body used the Informix computer base training classes. I am wondering if any of the computer based training classes: "Informix Dynamic Server System Administration" or the "Managing and Optimizing Informix Dynamic Server Databases" is good. Thank You…
Re: Informix Online Dynamic Server 7 on Linux
Piet le Roux wrote: > > If anyone has succeeded to run Informix ODS 7 (SCO) on Linux help would > be appreciated. > I have installed iBCS and the shared libraries and the binaries work, > except that the engine cannot initialize shared memory: Error message > semctl: errno 22…
Informix Online Dynamic Server 7 on Linux
If anyone has succeeded to run Informix ODS 7 (SCO) on Linux help would be appreciated. I have installed iBCS and the shared libraries and the binaries work, except that the engine cannot initialize shared memory: Error message semctl: errno 22 create_vp: cannot allocat m…
Problems with Informix Dynamic Server for NT
Hi Has anyone tried downloading and running the dynamic server product for NT? I have it installed, but get the following error when I boot the system: AdmAgent.exe - Applicatioin error The instruction at "0x10087c69 referenced memory at "0x00000000". The memory could not be r…
Announcment of new utility package - utils3_ak
I have submitted my event alarm handler program and the simple script to backup logical logs to disk using ontape that were discussed last week. If you did not get that package directly from me and still want to give it a look it is now available in the IIUG Repository under: M…
Re: ontape for logical log backup
z. heavener wrote: > > is there a way to implement the backup of logical logs from a script > using ontape? > If you have such script, and it can be scheduled with cron, I would like > to see it. I have either a script or an executable ("C") either of which can be installed as t…
RE: What are the differences between Informix Dynamic Server
It is confusing! =20 Here's what I know: Prior to renaming: 7.2x =3D ODS 8.0 =3D XPS 9.1 =3D IUS After renaming: 7.2x =3D IDS 8.0 =3D IDS/AD/XP 9.1 =3D IDS/UDO=20 After the 7.3 release: 7.3 =3D IDS 9.1 =3D IDS/UDO After the 8.2 release: 8.0 =3D…
RE: What are the differences between Informix Dynamic Server and
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Re: Trapping Informix Crashes ??'s
Glenn Travis wrote: > > You can set AFDEBUG=1, then start the instance. This will cause the [SNIP] > David Parent wrote: > > Wondering what tools DBAs are using to > trap Informix crashes (at any level, OS > or Informix). > > For instance, Informix crashes at…
Re: Index for Informix Dynamic Server
William Lai wrote: > > Hello, > > We alreay upgrade our database server from SE5.X to IDS 7.3. After we > convert all the old data to the new server, we have some problems on the > index search. For example, a table: > > table : ith ( ithitno, ithname ), total 1,500,000 records…
Re: Index for Informix Dynamic Server
William Lai <rwie@netvigator.com> offerred: +We alreay upgrade our database server from SE5.X to IDS 7.3. After we +convert all the old data to the new server, we have some problems on the +index search. For example, a table: + +table : ith ( ithitno, ithname ), total 1,500,000…
Index for Informix Dynamic Server
Hello, We alreay upgrade our database server from SE5.X to IDS 7.3. After we convert all the old data to the new server, we have some problems on the index search. For example, a table: table : ith ( ithitno, ithname ), total 1,500,000 records index : ith_1 on ithitno, ithn…
Informix Dynamic Server 7.3
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Problem with kaio
I am having a problem bringing up my database for the first time. I am on a HPUX 10.20 running Informix version 7.20.UC2. I have verified that the asynkdsk driver is loaded and linked into the kernal. I have created the /dev/async node according to the release notes and I contin…
Informix Dynamic Server & Text columns
Hi everybody, Can you help me ? I've created a table with the following structure : column type -------- ---- code smallint obs text How can I insert into this table with Java program ? I'm using Informix Java AP…
Intermittent Problem - error 529 Cannot attach to transaction
We have a HP-UX box (Ver 10.20) running Informix Online Dynamic Server Ver 7.13 and a NT Server (NT4.0) running Informix Online Dynamic Server Ver 7.23. We are trying to access some of the database tables resided in the HP-UX box from the NT Server via synonyms. But we faced inte…
Re: SE sqlhosts/services/ip problem
In <350D6FBB.9E2@bayer.co.uk> Peter Lancashire <Peter.Lancashire.PL1@bayer.co.uk> writes: >There are *lots* of places in SCO Unix where the network address is >stored. My MIS folk gave me that problem. If you are using just one >machine why not use pipes for communication - they…
How can I read the header tape of the archive created by ontape?
I have Informix Dynamic Server 7.23.UC1. I would like know the tape header structure created by ontape.…
CLI-Error: Internal communications ... (-25567)
Hi, After installing Informix-CLI Ver. 2.5 and creating the ODBC-Source I alway get the message: 'Internal communications buffer management error detected'. I have checked services (on client machine), server name, protocol type, hostname...etc. It was tested with NT 3.51, NT …
Re: Question about ALARMPROGRAM
Sujit Pal wrote: > > Hello All > [cutting] > > So my question is: Has anyone done this sort of thing? Do you think = > (from your knowledge of Unix and event handling) that this is workable? = > If not do you have workarounds short of calling wrappers for each = > instance or wor…
Question about ALARMPROGRAM
Hello All The FM says that the script pointed by ALARMPROGRAM takes 4 arguments, = ie EVENT_SEVERITY, EVENT_CLASS, EVENT_CLASS_MSG and EVENT_FILE (aka See = Also). I have multiple databases residing on the same machine, so I need = the instance name as well to identify an alarm.…
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Re: Upgrading Informix from Online engine to Dynamic Server
Seth Grimes wrote: > > Jane Vohden wrote: > > > > I have been talking with Informix about upgrading our site from the > > 5.xx Online engine to 7.2x Dynamic Server. They said there was no cost > > I don't think that anyone has pointed out the mistaken terminology > h…
What's the difference between ODS 7.22 and 7.23?
What's the difference between Informix Online Dynamic Server version 7.22 and version 7.23? Thanks in advance. Bill Westphal Rodney District Council mis@rodney.govt.nz…
Re: log_full.sh script exits with code 139
I just dealt with this -- In our distribution IUS 9.12UC3 on IRIX 6.4 there is a no_log.sh script in the etc directory, replace the ALARM_PROGRAM entry with the full path to no_log.sh and that should do it. We just made that change, and we have not had a problem in 2 hours! Da…
ODBC unix and dynamic SQL
Hi, Can someone give me some help on using informix odbc drivers (unix) with dynamic SQL on Informix-online dynamic server (7.22 unix) when I use "SQLprepare" I receive the message "too many or too few host variables given" but I think all is Ok R. Gueye…
Informix wg server 7.20.uc2 on SCO 5.02 halts with 25580
I'm installing informix online workgroup server 7.20.uc2 on SCO 5.02. As recommanded by Informix, I've modified kernel parameters and relinked the kernel. Installation have completed but when I launch oninit, the systems replies : oninit: Fatal error in initializing ASF with 'ASF…
Re: Error in shared memory initialization
At 10:18 AM 10/15/97 -0400, you wrote: >I initialized my online 7.2 on Solaris 2.5.1. Then I tried to add >dbtempspace and logical logs. Now when I do oninit it gives me the error > >oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization >The online log says >10:16:26 Event alarms …
ODS hangs on startup
Since I've upgraded to ODS 7.2, I've had this nagging problem when I bring the engine down and then restart it. It hangs on the way to quiescent mode. The log indicates event alarms enabled, then three VP processes start, then nothing. I control-c out of the process, take th…
Shared Memory Initialization
I initialized my Online 7.2 on Solaris 2.5 successfully. Then I tried to add logical logs and temp space and now it does not initialize. Any ideas? oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization 10:16:26 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG = '/usr/informix/etc/alarm.sh' 10:1…
Error in shared memory initialization
I initialized my online 7.2 on Solaris 2.5.1. Then I tried to add dbtempspace and logical logs. Now when I do oninit it gives me the error oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization The online log says 10:16:26 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG = '/usr/informix/etc/alar…
Inf7 SE on Linux ? Which nettype ?
Me again ... After copying the installation to a rather new Linux system (2.0.30 w/current iBCS2) I tried again ... seipcshm gave me this: 1997-10-06 08:32:05.000000 daemon err = -25592: Communications service not supported by network driver. seipcpip results in: 1997-10-06 …
Inf7 on Linux w/iBCS2 - which nettype ?
I was trying to get Informix 7 (SCO-Version) up on a Linux machine (which successfully runs Inf4.*/5.0*) ... I'm aware that communication through the network will not work (at least somebody wrote that on the net somewhere), but only local communication will function. Anyway, I'v…
Problems installing Informix DS on ScoOpen 5
I'm running a ScoOpen 3.2v5.0.2 and I have installed an Informix Online DS 7.22.UC3. The installation went ok, but when I run the command : oninit -iy I receive the error message : oninit: Fatal error in initializing ASF with 'ASF_INIT_DATA' flags; asfcode = '- 25580'. $ The lo…
Re: Onbar on SGI problem
The shared library file is provided by your storage vendor. ON-Bar needs a storage manager to communicate with your tape drive(s). Some storage managers that work with ON-Bar: Spectra Logic - Alexandria, HP - OmniBack II, IBM - ADSM, Legato - Networker, etc Doug B. } …
Enterpriseserver & Informix DB
Hello, has anyone from this comunity got experience in connecting the enterprise server to a Informix SE 7.22 Database under SCO. I've got the Netscape Enterprise Server 3.0 running on WINNT. Using the connect 7.2.TE2 I successfully tested the connectivity with the ilogin tool. W…
OnLine 7.20 problem
We have Informix ODS 7.20 UC2 on machine: HP9000 K260, HP-UX 10.20. The onconfig was copied form onconfig.std to the new and names were changed. The ROOTPATH is a cooked file. I initialized online 7.2 oninit -i and database engine not started. I get the following in the log: 1…
Next Extent Calc.
Hi, I have INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server Version 7.14.UD2. Does anyone know of a script or program to calculate the next extent size ? Thanks in advance Manuel…
Online hangs during oninit after reboot.
Folks, Sorry I should have provided a few more details initially. Here is the squence of events: 03:00 1. We shut down the engine with onmode -ky (probably no users present) 2. The RS6000 box is rebooted. 3. We restart the engine with oninit It during step 3 that the onli…
RE: Onbar & Storage Managers
Hi Emilio, Here are some answers 1) Yes, unless you are using NT with OWS or ODS , Informix has a Storage Manager included " A simple one :) " 2) This funcionality is present in all the storage managers 3) I don't understand what do you mean here. But they communicate to ea…
Onbar & Storage Managers
I am new to the Informix Online and I am trying to provide a way to manage backup and restore with On-bar. Here are some of the questions that I have: o Do I really need a storage manager (networker, netbackup). o Since onbar is a command line application, is it practical to wr…
Java and Informix Dynamic Server 7.x
Hi friends! I am trying to do server-side java cgi programming to connect to I-ODS 7.x. Do you know how I can do that? I heard it is possible to use the jdbc-odbc bridge( intersolve or openlink's), but the performance is too slow, because of jdbc to odbc and odbc to jdbc convert…
Re: Event Alarms
Felix Koshy Mathews wrote: > > In <33B7F989.2C97@arrowintl.com>, Chad Laity wrote: > >Does anyone out there have an event alarm that warns you via > >email when the logs are a certain %age full?? > > > >I tried to alter the script logevent.sh to accomplish this but > >it did not …
Re: Event Alarms
In <33B7F989.2C97@arrowintl.com>, Chad Laity wrote: >Does anyone out there have an event alarm that warns you via >email when the logs are a certain %age full?? > >I tried to alter the script logevent.sh to accomplish this but >it did not work. > Chad, You have to add the follo…
Event Alarms
Does anyone out there have an event alarm that warns you via email when the logs are a certain %age full?? I tried to alter the script logevent.sh to accomplish this but it did not work. Thanks, Chad Laity mailto:chad_laity@arrowintl.com…
Re: Online 7.13 error 25588
>What is this error and what are the possible causes? Generally means that either your networking setup is hosed, or you cannot connect for some reason via shared memory. The actual error is $ finderr 25588 -25588 The appl process cannot connect to OnLine server serv…
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Re: Informix OnLine 7.2 for Windows NT Problems...
Nils Paulsson <nils.paulsson@mailbox.swipnet.se> wrote: :Tim Schaefer wrote: :> :> Not to intrude on your discussion, but I have to agree with Nils. I've :> found connectivity for Informix via ODBC / I-connect to be a major :> problem. The documentation is extremely bad, not t…
Re: SCO OpenServer and Informix 7.2 info/question
Chris Drauch <cdr@xteam.co.at> wrote in article <5lbu8n$42q@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>... > Steven L Cooper wrote cut.. > > }I have installed SE and want to play with the demo database locally. I > }tried the sqlexecd program, but I get "...Communications service not > }supported b…
SCO OpenServer and Informix 7.2 info/question
I have a question, but first some information that will hopefully save someone from my hairpulling problem today. The Informix installation from CD-ROM simply states that you use cpio -icdvBum /dev/cd0, but all I got was an error. However, I could mount the CD and then use cpio…
Re: Informix-mobile
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Informix & ODBC
One of our old network administrators restricted access through ODBC to our Informix 5 production systems from only two machines. The machines are using TCP/IP to communicate to the server. Thus far, no one has found out where the access is being limited from. It does not appe…
Re: Do alarms work in 7.20 ?
ctreptow@aol.com wrote: > > Hi. I am trying to write an alarm program for Informix, but it doesn't > appear to work. We are on HP-UX 10.01 running Informix Online version > 7.20. I have written the following script, but it doesn't ever appear to > get called by Informix. Acco…
Re: Will Inet 7 (I-Connect) Talk to SE5.01?
Yes, the 7.x I-Net will communicate just fine with your 5.x database. Mark S. Winsor <wmark@pvar.com> wrote in article <57as6b$723@news.abs.net>... > I need to replace my current I-Net because of some problems between it and > PowerBuilder 5.0. Powersoft just came out with a ver…
Network Driver Problem
I have an informix database running on an HP9000. The file at $INFORMIXDIR/etc/sqlhosts has two lines: sedb seipcpip inca8 sqlexec #sedb sesoctcp inca8 sqlexec When connecting to the sedb using NewEra I have to use the sesoctcp and run sql…
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sometimes get 2 sqlturbo processes (?)
Hello. Im running a server program which talks to multiple phone switches and uses threads to start and stop the communication sessions between it and the switches. Im running under Solaris 5.3 and using 5.04.UC1 esqlc. Every so often a switch connection dies and needs to be re…
RE: event-alarms
---------- From: Stuber[SMTP:sstuber@intrlnk.com] Sent: Thursday, August 15, 1996 3:22 PM To: informix-list@rmy.emory.edu Subject: event-alarms The Administrator's Guide (7.1) states "When any of the events in a = predefined set occur, OnLine invokes=20 this executable" wher…
Re: event-alarms
Hi, There was an articule in our last user group newsletter on Alarms which has an example of how to use Alarms. You can view it at our user group web site www.access.digex.net/~waiug Regards - Lester > The Administrator's Guide (7.1) states "When any of the events in a prede…
event-alarms -Reply
I don't have the answer to your question but basically everything which writes an alarm to the log will call alarmprog. It is a handy utility except that at present it doesn't work to well. If alarmprog gets passed a string longer than a predefined length (512 bytes?) then it wi…
event-alarms
The Administrator's Guide (7.1) states "When any of the events in a predefined set occur, OnLine invokes this executable" where "this executable" refers to ALARMPROGRAM. Is the "predefined set" referring to figure 33-2? In other words any event of a sort listed in that table wi…
Re: fet_buf_size
Keith, Here are 2 email messages I received from tech support on FET_BUF_SIZE. This feature is available for Unix client apps as well as PC client apps, but you need the correct version. I don't know there numbers off-hand. Hope this helps, Steve Berg - spb@masada.nb.com --…
Help! OnAutomatic backup using Informix...
Hello I work with Informix 7.10.UC1 on Solaris 2.4 I have a program that forks and execs ontape, communicates on a pipe to feed "return" to it and continues doing some other work. It needs to be informed when and with what status ontape completed. I tried using the event-al…
Help! OnAutomatic backup using Informix...
Hello I work with Informix 7.10.UC1 on Solaris 2.4 I have a program that forks and execs ontape, communicates on a pipe to feed "return" to it and continues doing some other work. It needs to be informed when and with what status ontape completed. I tried using the event-al…
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SE to SE performance problems
SE to SE performance problems Hi, In a configuration that uses Informix-SE and Unix (client side) and Informix-SE and Unix (server side) I've found some performance problems. For example, a report takes 7 minutes when is runing from the server side and 20 minutes when is runing…
Re:Timeout in 4GL Programms
tvarnas@compulink.gr (Apostolos Varnas) schrieb : tv>I want to implement a timeout of a 4GL application from inside the tv>application.I tried to use alarm() but I found out that alarm() is used tv>internally from Informix and thus resetted after each keyboard stroke. tv>This po…
Programmers Needed
Will work in Los Angeles Airport (LAX) AREA. Immediate need for some programmers with 3-5 year Informix 4GL programming experience in Unix (SCO/HPUX), some accounting background. Basic networking experience with Netware, NTAS, WFW & MS Windows will help. OO(smalltalk) & MS Access…
PRESS: NETSCAPE AND INFORMIX SIGN TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENT
The following announcement was made by Netscape on Tuesday, February 6th, 1996: NETSCAPE AND INFORMIX SIGN TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENT MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 6 / PRNewswire/ - Netscape Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: NSCP) and Informix Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: IFMX) today ann…
Running tbinit as root
Are there any complications running tbinit -s and tbmode -m from the command line as root to bring an online database up? Thank You -- ============================================================================ David Schnardthorst, Systems/Network Eng. * Phone: (314)838-6839 S…
tbtape to a named pipe
I currently have a need to run a tbtape command to a named pipe. Is there a way to do it, and if so, what needs to be changed in my tbconfig? Thank You, -- ============================================================================ David Schnardthorst, Systems/Network Eng. * …
Error 135
We are currently receiving the following error on Dynix 2.1.0, on a Unisys U6000/75. We have tried dropping the dbspace and the system tells us that the table is not found in the database. -135 ISAM error: tblspace does not exist This error may indicate corruption of control i…
ORACLE/SAP PROGRAMMERS NEEDED
Stryder Communications, Inc. currently has needs in the following areas: Programmer Analysts - Oracle versions 6 or 7 - Unix C is a must - Healthcare Experience is a plus - Financial Experience is a plus The position is a migration of their decision support software from their …
4gl <-> New Era
I am currently looking for some software that can help port applications from Informix-4gl to New ERA. Specifically, all of the before and after field logic needs to be maintained. If anyone knows of some software that can do this, please e-mail me and let me know. I will post…
Re: ** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - RECORD-BREAKING TPC-C RECORD!! **
How many times is this going to get posted? Wow! That's fastttttttt (an350133@anon.penet.fi) wrote: : REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ via First! -- Today, Oracle : Corp. announced a record-breaking TPC-C open systems benchmark, 9414 tpmC, : surpassing the existing …
Proposed State & Federal Regulations for the INTERNET!
My name is Scott Glasrud, and I am running for the New Mexico State Senate during the 1996 elections. One of the reasons I have chosen to run is to combat the proposed state and federal regulations of the Internet. As you know, the Internet was never designed to be regulated! …
Development tool recommendations sought
I work for a medium sized corporation in western Canada. My company is currently looking to migrate its 'big' applications (warehousing management, head office systems, etc.) from the proprietary Honeywell-Bull mainframe database, TPS, and its COBOL 'development tool' ;) The …
Alpha Pager Solutions For Informix
Kind of wondering how widely used computerized alpha paging is in the Informix community? Our company has been developing a number of wireless solutions for 4GL systems in the production and critical applications area for over 5 years. Our focus has been in general advanced comm…
Re: INFORMIX-Online Dynamic Server intallation
copy the standard onconfig file and make as few changes as possible to the different parameters. after you are sure you can bring informix online, should you begin to make changes to the onconfig parameters. Use ONMONITOR to make the changes. It will protect you from many mista…
INFORMIX-Online Dynamic Server intallation
I'm about to install INFORMIX-Online Dynamic Server V.7.1 on a SPARC 1000. Has anyone installed this database on a sparc before? If yes...do you have any suggestions or could you give me any advice on certain aspects of the installation you felt might be important to take notice?…
Re: DB job oppts.
In article <3k4sic$48a@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, isis1128@aol.com (Isis1128) says: > >Are you looking for a challenging opportunity with a solid, stable >company? >Do you want a career opportunity to be a part of planning tomorrows >communications infrastructure? >I represent a wor…
Re: DB job oppts.
Quoting Isis1128... } } Are you looking for a challenging opportunity with a solid, stable } company? } Do you want a career opportunity to be a part of planning tomorrows } communications infrastructure? } I represent a world wide leader in the networking/communications industry…
WFW 3.11, Netware 3.x/ODI, Chameleon 4.01, and INET 5.01: Help!
I'm running Windows for Workgroups 3.11, Netware 3.x with ODI drivers and VLM modules, NetManage Chameleon 4.01, and Informix Net 5.01 for Windows. Everything works fine except for I-NET. When I run the ilogin.exe app, it bombs with error code -932. Find error says this is a net…
Informix Position Open
Metrica Inc, a progressive systems consulting company has the following position open in the San Antonio, TX area: SR. SYSTEMS ANALYST: 5 years experience as a systems analyst. 5 years computer programmer experience with 3 yrs programming in C & UNIX, w…
Re: How to Plot Informix Data ?
Santoso (santoso@infi.net) wrote: : We are using a laboratory database software called Labvantage, written : in Informix on a Novell network. We would like to provide real time plots of : the data as soon as it is posted in the database. : Does anyone have any ex…
Informix Net+Star
Does anyone successful have the UnixWare Version of Net And Star Running I have it installed and it communicates, but for every single transaction on both the Server and the Client about 6 errors are produced from the TLI Networking routines during there negotiation. I contacte…
Can Oracle Access Informix Database?
We have Oracle7 running on one RS6000/AIX machine and Informix on another RS6000 machine. The two computers are networked via TCPIP. Is there a way to make Oracle be able to communicate with the Informix database, like possibly use the SQLPLUS COPY command to copy a table from …
Re: ODBC with Oracle and Informix on the same server.
Jim Gordon (jgordon@ssf-sys.dhl.com) wrote: : > > To clarify this and my other posting I have been informed that the : > > Visionware product is actually two products. They have an ODBC : > > product and a network transport product, sold independently, but which : > > can work t…
Re: ODBC with Oracle and Informix on the same server.
> > To clarify this and my other posting I have been informed that the > > Visionware product is actually two products. They have an ODBC > > product and a network transport product, sold independently, but which > > can work together. The network transport product replaces the…
Re: Hello again!
Hello. I think that network bandwith should not be wasted for communication that could better be done via mail. For me, USAF is a ressource wasting organization at all, so the `Aha' meant something like: `no surprise'. Sorry, don't take it personally, but I just couldn't resist.…
Re: ODBC with Oracle and Informix on the same server.
Steven Reiss writes in reply to me:- > |> Unfortunately your consultant is basically correct. ODBC is a > |> translation mechanism to provide a single interface to client tools > |> requiring access to heterogeneous databases. It is NOT a network > |> product capable od doing t…
Re: ODBC with Oracle and Informix on the same server.
Someone (Jim Gordon?) said: > |> Unfortunately your consultant is basically correct. ODBC is a > |> translation mechanism to provide a single interface to client tools > |> requiring access to heterogeneous databases. It is NOT a network > |> product capable od doing the end to…
OnLine, ESQL/C and NIS
We are running the Network Information Service, a.k.a. Yellow Page, therefore the local /etc/passwd file on the machine that runs the OnLine engine does not have a record for me. I can still execute isql and other interactive utilities, but my ESQL/C process would die with an…
Re: Informix-NET and trusted host access
Jonathan Leffler replied :- > The problem is: if you don't have trusted status, how are you going to > provide the user ID and password for network access? What about if a query > in the application suddenly refers to a remote database, possibly via a > synonym and you weren't …