Re: Incredible Problem
Posted in 1998
>I bought Informix Dynamic Server Ver. 7.03 for NT,
>and now i'm just loosing my time trying to configure
>the server to create a new DB.
>
>This operation seems to be very simple, in fact the Help suggest to
>operate through the graphical interface IECC:
>1) explore Informix Neighborhood
>2) explore "Server name"
>3) select Database voice
>4) press the right mouse button and press the Create New->Database...
>
>right now it ask me the password, then immediatly answers that an
>error occurs:
> -761
> INFORMIXSERVER does not match either
> DBSERVERNAME or DBSERVERLIASES.>
>respectively in the environment variables
>and in the registry (or %INFORMIXDIR%\\etc\\ONConfig.servername)
>
>Naturally i checked the entries but they're all two set to "servername".
>I read the on line documentation for days, but all seems to be right,
>except the fact: "it doesn't works".
You don't have to create a new instance (i.e. INFORMIXSERVER) to create a new
database. You can have multiple databases within the saem server.
If you want to create a second instance, use the Service Instance Manager.
Madison Pruet