Re: Help, can't connect with ODBC

Posted in 1997

Topics: Connectivity: ODBC / JDBC / .NET, Platform-Specific Issues

Noble Systems Corp. — Tue, 07 Oct 1997 02:58:04 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

"Rob Kraft" <robkraft@msn.com> wrote: > We developed an app using NewEra and connected to an Informix 7.2 DB >running on AIX from a specific Win95 client. We also connected to the DB >with a VB program using ODBC. From another Win95 client however, we have >literally spent days and have not been able to make it connect. We can ping >the AIX box containing the Informix DB, but when trying to connect to it >with ODBC get 'ODBC Driver (Informix driver) Attempt to connect to database >server (servername) failed. Connection Refused'. >I am at a loss for things to try. I used SetNet to make the Informix DB the >default, made a tcp entry in c:\\windows\\services; created a hosts file with >tcpip address and server name, but don't know what else I can try. >Any help or direction would be greatly appreciated. I have found the >manuals to be absolutely worthless - all 40 of them. >I am new to Informix, so a place to go to get help would be greatly >appreciated! >Thanks in advance. >RobKraft@msn.com Try making sure that there is an entry in the hosts file on the AIX system for the PC that you are trying to connect from.