Re: Informix/DOS error 2009: Not enough space for environment

In article <410nub$t3m@nntp.atlanta.com>, pparrish@atlanta.com says... > >I'm having a problem trying to test an Informix application >in DOS. When I execute the program I get the >following message: > >error 2009: Not enough space for environment > >The test system has more of all types of memory than >the production PC where it runs OK. In fact, there is >631K of conventional memory when I load pstartsq >or startsql. After loading pstartsq there is about 558K >left. Some of the details are as follows: > > DOS 6.22 (Also tested with 5.0) > Microsoft C compiler 4.0 > Informix runtime 3.61 > Informix SQL 2.10.06E > Qemm 7.01 > Total RAM = 16MB > >I've tried modifying COMMAND.COM to increase the >environment size as well as used many /E variables. >Has anyone had any similar experiences with this >sort of thing? Any comments/advice would be appreciated. >Thanks in advance! > >Paul Parrish >(770) 623-1682 >pparrish@atlanta.com > > Have you tried adding a line like this to your config.sys? SHELL=C:\\COMMAND.COM C:\\ /e:1024 /P -- John R Buchan -:|:- Looking for that elusive FAQ? ftp to: jatmon@mail.iag.net -:|:- rtfm.mit.edu /pub/usenet-by-group/....