Server Name

Posted in 1999

Ali Azarkar — Wed, 21 Jul 1999 14:17:51 +0430 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Hi, Can a server name, which runs Informix OnLine, be composed of "-"? In one configuration, our server name was xx-yy. The I-Net/I-Star did not operate correctly. But when I renamed it to xxyy (removing the "-"), the problem was fixed. (Nothingesle was changed, but the server name). What is the problem? Any experince? Thanks in advance... -- Regards, -- Ali Azarkar.

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Art S. Kagel — Wed, 21 Jul 1999 13:04:17 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Your experience is correct. Informix will accept the dash (-) in the hostname field of the sqlhosts file, assuming that is the real hostname, but the DBSERVERNAME and DBSERVERALIASES, and the equivalent field in sqlhosts, cannot contain a dash. Either drop it or map it to an underscore which is legal. Had to deal with this one myself this week. Art S. Kagel Ali Azarkar wrote: > > Hi, > Can a server name, which runs Informix OnLine, be composed of "-"? > In one configuration, our server name was xx-yy. The I-Net/I-Star did not > operate correctly. But when I renamed it to xxyy (removing the "-"), the > problem was fixed. (Nothingesle was changed, but the server name). What is > the problem? Any experince? > Thanks in advance... > > -- Regards, > -- Ali Azarkar.