cannot Connect through ODBC

Hi All, I am not a DBA expert. But I was wondering if some body could help me with my problem. I cannot connect to the informix server through any ODBC application ( eg: ACCESS). I thought it might be some thing to do with the configuration. Here's the config file that I got by running onstat -c ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INFORMIX-Universal Server Version 9.13.UC3 -- On-Line -- Up 37 days 15:56:40 -- 17048 Kbytes Configuration File: /usr/informix/etc/onconfig #************************************************************************** # # INFORMIX SOFTWARE, INC. # # Title: onconfig.std # Description: INFORMIX-Universal Server Configuration Parameters # #************************************************************************** # Root Dbspace Configuration ROOTNAME rootdbs # Root dbspace nameROOTPATH /dev/online_root # Path for device containing root dbspace ROOTOFFSET 0 # Offset of root dbspace into device (Kbytes) ROOTSIZE 20000 # Size of root dbspace (Kbytes) # Disk Mirroring Configuration Parameters MIRROR 0 # Mirroring flag (Yes = 1, No = 0) MIRRORPATH # Path for device containing mirrored root MIRROROFFSET 0 # Offset into mirrored device (Kbytes) # Physical Log Configuration PHYSDBS rootdbs # Location (dbspace) of physical log PHYSFILE 1000 # Physical log file size (Kbytes) # Logical Log Configuration LOGFILES 6 # Number of logical log files LOGSIZE 1500 # Logical log size (Kbytes) # Diagnostics MSGPATH /usr/informix/online.log # System message log file path CONSOLE /dev/console # System console message path ALARMPROGRAM /usr/informix/etc/log_full.sh # Alarm program path # System Archive Tape Device TAPEDEV /dev/tapedev # Tape device path TAPEBLK 16 # Tape block size (Kbytes) TAPESIZE 10240 # Maximum amount of data to put on tape (Kbytes) # Log Archive Tape Device LTAPEDEV /dev/tapedev # Log tape device path LTAPEBLK 16 # Log tape block size (Kbytes) LTAPESIZE 10240 # Max amount of data to put on log tape (Kbytes) # Optical STAGEBLOB # INFORMIX-OnLine/Universal Server staging area # System Configuration SERVERNUM 0 # Unique id corresponding to a OnLine instance DBSERVERNAME attpba913_tcp # Name of default database server DBSERVERALIASES # List of alternate dbservernames NETTYPE # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype DEADLOCK_TIMEOUT 60 # Max time to wait of lock in distributed env. RESIDENT 0 # Forced residency flag (Yes = 1, No = 0) MULTIPROCESSOR 0 # 0 for single-processor, 1 formulti-processor NUMCPUVPS 1 # Number of user (cpu) vps SINGLE_CPU_VP 0 # If non-zero, limit number of cpu vpsto one NOAGE 0 # Process aging AFF_SPROC 0 # Affinity start processor AFF_NPROCS 0 # Affinity number of processors # Shared Memory Parameters LOCKS 2000 # Maximum number of locks BUFFERS 200 # Maximum number of shared buffers NUMAIOVPS # Number of IO vps PHYSBUFF 32 # Physical log buffer size (Kbytes) LOGBUFF 32 # Logical log buffer size (Kbytes)LOGSMAX 6 # Maximum number of logical log files CLEANERS 1 # Number of buffer cleaner processes SHMBASE 0x0A000000L # Shared memory base address SHMVIRTSIZE 8000 # initial virtual shared memory segment size SHMADD 8192 # Size of new shared memory segments (Kbytes) SHMTOTAL 0 # Total shared memory (Kbytes). 0=>unlimited CKPTINTVL 300 # Check point interval (in sec) LRUS 8 # Number of LRU queues LRU_MAX_DIRTY 60 # LRU percent dirty begin cleaning limit LRU_MIN_DIRTY 50 # LRU percent dirty end cleaning limit LTXHWM 50 # Long transaction high water mark percentage LTXEHWM 60 # Long transaction high water mark (exclusive) TXTIMEOUT 300 # Transaction timeout (in sec) STACKSIZE 32 # Stack size (Kbytes) # System Page Size # BUFFSIZE - OnLine no longer supports this configuration parameter. # To determine the page size used by OnLine on your platform # see the last line of output from the command, 'onstat -b'. # Recovery Variables # OFF_RECVRY_THREADS: # Number of parallel worker threads during fast recovery or an offline restore. # ON_RECVRY_THREADS: # Number of parallel worker threads during an online restore. OFF_RECVRY_THREADS 10 # Default number of offline worker threads ON_RECVRY_THREADS 1 # Default number of online worker threads # Data Replication Variables # DRAUTO: 0 manual, 1 retain type, 2 reverse type DRAUTO 0 # DR automatic switchover DRINTERVAL 30 # DR max time between DR buffer flushes (in sec) DRTIMEOUT 30 # DR network timeout (in sec) DRLOSTFOUND /usr/informix/etc/dr.lostfound # DR lost+found file path # Backup/Restore variables BAR_ACT_LOG /tmp/bar_act.log BAR_MAX_BACKUP 0 BAR_RETRY 1 BAR_NB_XPORT_COUNT 10 BAR_XFER_BUF_SIZE 31 # Read Ahead Variables RA_PAGES # Number of pages to attempt to read ahead RA_THRESHOLD # Number of pages left before next group # DBSPACETEMP: # OnLine equivalent of DBTEMP for SE. This is the list of dbspaces # that the OnLine SQL Engine will use to create temp tables etc. # If specified it must be a colon separated list of dbspaces that exist # when the OnLine system is brought online. If not specified, or if # all dbspaces specified are invalid, various ad hoc queries will create # temporary files in /tmp instead. DBSPACETEMP # Default temp dbspaces # DUMP*: # The following parameters control the type of diagnostics information which # is preserved when an unanticipated error condition (assertion failure) occurs # during OnLine operations. # For DUMPSHMEM, DUMPGCORE and DUMPCORE 1 means Yes, 0 means No. DUMPDIR /tmp # Preserve diagnostics in this directory DUMPSHMEM 1 # Dump a copy of shared memory DUMPGCORE 0 # Dump a core image using 'gcore' DUMPCORE 0 # Dump a core image (Warning:this aborts OnLine) DUMPCNT 1 # Number of shared memory or gcore dumps for # a single user's session FILLFACTOR 90 # Fill factor for building indexes # method for OnLine to use when determining current time USEOSTIME 0 # 0: use internal time(fast), 1: get time from OS(slow) # Parallel Database Queries (pdq) MAX_PDQPRIORITY 100 # Maximum allowed pdqpriority DS_MAX_QUERIES # Maximum number of decision support queries DS_TOTAL_MEMORY # Decision support memory (Kbytes) DS_MAX_SCANS 1048576 # Maximum number of decision support scans DATASKIP # List of dbspaces to skip # OPTCOMPIND # 0 => Nested loop joins will be preferred (where # possible) over sortmerge joins and hash joins. # 1 => If the transaction isolation mode is not # "repeatable read", optimizer behaves as in (2) # below. Otherwise it behaves as in (0) above. # 2 => Use costs regardless of the transaction isolation # mode. Nested loop joins are not necessarily #

Hi Prasad, in your onconfig I'm missing an explicit nettype-entry for soctcp or tlitcp. I'm not sure what are the defaults. There should be also an entry in the sqlhosts-file for the tcp-connection. nettcp seems to be the right service for the tcp-connection. On the Windows-PC you have to install Informix-CLI, which includes the intersolv ODBC driver. You also have to edit the services-file on the PC. There should be the same nettcp-entry as on the server. Good luck, and greetings from Salzburg Wilfried. Prasad Bandaru wrote: > > Hi All, > > I am not a DBA expert. But I was wondering if some body could help me > with my problem. I cannot connect to the informix server through any > ODBC application ( eg: ACCESS). I thought it might be some thing to do > with the configuration. > > Here's the config file that I got by running onstat -c > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > INFORMIX-Universal Server Version 9.13.UC3 -- On-Line -- Up 37 days > 15:56:40 -- 17048 Kbytes > > Configuration File: /usr/informix/etc/onconfig > #************************************************************************** > > # > # INFORMIX SOFTWARE, INC. > # > # Title: onconfig.std > # Description: INFORMIX-Universal Server Configuration Parameters > # > #************************************************************************** > > # Root Dbspace Configuration > > ROOTNAME rootdbs # Root dbspace name> ROOTPATH /dev/online_root # Path for device containing root dbspace > ROOTOFFSET 0 # Offset of root dbspace into device (Kbytes) > ROOTSIZE 20000 # Size of root dbspace (Kbytes)> > # Disk Mirroring Configuration Parameters > > MIRROR 0 # Mirroring flag (Yes = 1, No = 0) > MIRRORPATH # Path for device containing mirrored root > MIRROROFFSET 0 # Offset into mirrored device (Kbytes)> > # Physical Log Configuration > > PHYSDBS rootdbs # Location (dbspace) of physical log > PHYSFILE 1000 # Physical log file size (Kbytes)> > # Logical Log Configuration > > LOGFILES 6 # Number of logical log files > LOGSIZE 1500 # Logical log size (Kbytes)> > # Diagnostics > > MSGPATH /usr/informix/online.log # System message log file path > CONSOLE /dev/console # System console message path > ALARMPROGRAM /usr/informix/etc/log_full.sh # Alarm program path> > # System Archive Tape Device > > TAPEDEV /dev/tapedev # Tape device path > TAPEBLK 16 # Tape block size (Kbytes) > TAPESIZE 10240 # Maximum amount of data to put on tape (Kbytes)> > # Log Archive Tape Device > > LTAPEDEV /dev/tapedev # Log tape device path > LTAPEBLK 16 # Log tape block size (Kbytes) > LTAPESIZE 10240 # Max amount of data to put on log tape (Kbytes)> > # Optical > > STAGEBLOB # INFORMIX-OnLine/Universal Server > staging area > > # System Configuration > > SERVERNUM 0 # Unique id corresponding to a OnLine instance > DBSERVERNAME attpba913_tcp # Name of default database server > DBSERVERALIASES # List of alternate dbservernames > NETTYPE # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype > DEADLOCK_TIMEOUT 60 # Max time to wait of lock in distributed env. > RESIDENT 0 # Forced residency flag (Yes = 1, No = 0) > > MULTIPROCESSOR 0 # 0 for single-processor, 1 for> multi-processor > NUMCPUVPS 1 # Number of user (cpu) vps > SINGLE_CPU_VP 0 # If non-zero, limit number of cpu vps> to one > > NOAGE 0 # Process aging > AFF_SPROC 0 # Affinity start processor > AFF_NPROCS 0 # Affinity number of processors> > # Shared Memory Parameters > > LOCKS 2000 # Maximum number of locks > BUFFERS 200 # Maximum number of shared buffers > NUMAIOVPS # Number of IO vps > PHYSBUFF 32 # Physical log buffer size (Kbytes) > LOGBUFF 32 # Logical log buffer size (Kbytes)> LOGSMAX 6 # Maximum number of logical log files > CLEANERS 1 # Number of buffer cleaner processes > SHMBASE 0x0A000000L # Shared memory base address > SHMVIRTSIZE 8000 # initial virtual shared memory segment size > SHMADD 8192 # Size of new shared memory segments > (Kbytes) > SHMTOTAL 0 # Total shared memory (Kbytes). > 0=>unlimited > CKPTINTVL 300 # Check point interval (in sec) > LRUS 8 # Number of LRU queues > LRU_MAX_DIRTY 60 # LRU percent dirty begin cleaning limit > LRU_MIN_DIRTY 50 # LRU percent dirty end cleaning limit > LTXHWM 50 # Long transaction high water mark percentage > LTXEHWM 60 # Long transaction high water mark (exclusive) > TXTIMEOUT 300 # Transaction timeout (in sec) > STACKSIZE 32 # Stack size (Kbytes)> > # System Page Size > # BUFFSIZE - OnLine no longer supports this configuration parameter. > # To determine the page size used by OnLine on your platform > # see the last line of output from the command, 'onstat -b'. > > # Recovery Variables > # OFF_RECVRY_THREADS: > # Number of parallel worker threads during fast recovery or an offline > restore. > # ON_RECVRY_THREADS: > # Number of parallel worker threads during an online restore. > > OFF_RECVRY_THREADS 10 # Default number of offline worker threads > ON_RECVRY_THREADS 1 # Default number of online worker threads> > # Data Replication Variables > # DRAUTO: 0 manual, 1 retain type, 2 reverse type > DRAUTO 0 # DR automatic switchover > DRINTERVAL 30 # DR max time between DR buffer flushes (in sec) > DRTIMEOUT 30 # DR network timeout (in sec) > DRLOSTFOUND /usr/informix/etc/dr.lostfound # DR lost+found file path> > # Backup/Restore variables > BAR_ACT_LOG /tmp/bar_act.log > BAR_MAX_BACKUP 0 > BAR_RETRY 1 > BAR_NB_XPORT_COUNT 10 > BAR_XFER_BUF_SIZE 31> > # Read Ahead Variables > RA_PAGES # Number of pages to attempt to read ahead > RA_THRESHOLD # Number of pages left before next group> > # DBSPACETEMP: > # OnLine equivalent of DBTEMP for SE. This is the list of dbspaces > # that the OnLine SQL Engine will use to create temp tables etc. > # If specified it must be a colon separated list of dbspaces that exist > # when the OnLine system is brought online. If not specified, or if > # all dbspaces specified are invalid, various ad hoc queries will create > > # temporary files in /tmp instead. > > DBSPACETEMP # Default temp dbspaces> > # DUMP*: > # The following parameters control the type of diagnostics information > which > # is preserved when an unanticipated error condition (assertion failure) > occurs > # during OnLine operations. > # For DUMPSHMEM, DUMPGCORE and DUMPCORE 1 means Yes, 0 means No. > > DUMPDIR /tmp # Preserve diagnostics in this directory > DUMPSHMEM 1 # Dump a copy of shared memory > DUMPGCORE 0 # Dump a core image using 'gcore' > DUMPCORE 0 # Dump a core image (Warning:this aborts OnLine) > DUMPCNT 1 # Number of shared memory or gcore dumps for > # a single user's session > > FILLFACTOR 90 # Fill factor for building indexes> > # method