Re: ODBC --> I-Net --> I-Star Help!

> Windows by default stores services & hosts files in C:\\WINDOWS. Informix > expects them by default in C:\\ETC. This can cause some of these problems. > Also a good idea to have a c:\\tmp (in addition to c:\\temp) as this is > where the sports db log file goes by default. Fun. I got all mine > configured and ODBC working as well as NewEra & VPPro, so it can be done. > > VPPro is smarter than dbaccess on the PC.If you get the tcpip side right > (ie can ping/telnet the host) then Ipasswd and Setnet are next. Then VPPro > and when it can see the DB server, go for ODBC. > > Have fun. > > Peter Wiley > > > Actually some of this statement is true and some is not. Windows does default services and hosts to the C:\\WINDOWS directory. Since I-NET is using WINSOCK to perform TCP-IP it does not know and has no way to inquire where the services file is. This is a vendor dependant function which GETSERVICEBYNAME will perform. For most TCP-IP vendors you can specify where the hosts and services file live. Unless you are using some ancient version of I-NET that does not use WINSOCK Informix does not know or care where services file is. Only WINSOCK cares where the services file is. If GETSERVBYNAME fails look for at your TCP-IP setup. A common problem is that there are conflicting WINSOCK.DLL files in the path. Ray Kaminski Senior Software Engineer Bi-Tech Software This message brought to you by the letter K and the number 9. .