Re: HELP: Problems creating demo database --- sqlhosts error

Not to overstate was was already sent to the orginal poster of this... ...(BIG SNIP...) The same books in Informix 5.X was JUST "3" (1-Admin and 2-SQL (Reference and Tutorial) NOW IT's 5! Not to mention the smaller 3 I included (Features, Performance and DB/COCKPIT)! OLD SAYING "IT PAYS to READ". "YEAH, BUT ONLY IF I HAD TIME!" " But you just wasted it in NOT DOING SO! NOW, That I've SAID ALL of this Try Chapter 3 in Volume 1 of the ADMIN GUIDE! It's ONE of the MOST IMPORTANT one's in the BOOK to getting your SYSTEM UP! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cheryl Kendricks Internet:cherylk@prod1.jcdc.doleta.gov OR cherylk@gwysmtp.jcdc.doleta.gov DTSI, Inc. Database Administrator - DOL Job Corps San Marcos, Texas ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Tue, 2 Jul 1996, Clem Akins wrote: } [...] } } >I have noticed that the Informix documentation is remarkably vague in } >this respect. In all of the documents I could see, it simply stated that } >the name must be listed 'in the sqlhosts file'. It never points out that } >it should be the first column! } > } >This might be obvious to more experienced users, but if you are setting } >up this sort of thing for the first time, it is exactly the sort of } >issue which confuses you. } } While the version 5 documentation was not very verbose about the } sqlhosts file, the version 7.2 documentation is extremely detailed. } I counted 18 pages (at one location) detailing every field and option. } In addition, the index has 20 entries under the "sqlhosts" heading, } listing pointers to other references. The manual's individual entries } are extensively cross-referenced, guiding enquiring minds to related, } and possibly more detailed, topics. } } This is from the "Informix-OnLine Dynamic Server Administrator's Guide, } version 7.2". } } Happy reading, } } Clem } ______________________________________________________ } Clem Akins (aka clema@informix.com) } Informix Software, Inc (Standard disclaimers apply) } International Technical Support } Last seen: back in Menlo Park, California USA } }