Re: Extremely slow connect process and setnet32 processing

On 30 Dec 97 at 17:10, Jerry Flood wrote: } I've answered my own question and thought that others may run into } the same problem. When I configured my client to access the 7.2 } server, I set INFORMIXSQLHOSTS variable to a file name on my pc } (C:\\informix\\etc\\sqlhosts). I suspect that Informix doesn't expect Alternately, it might have been that Informix expected double backslashes, i.e. c:\\\\informix\\\\etc\\\\sqlhosts.... FWIW. } such a long filename causing some corruption in memory resulting in } these bogus DNS searches. In fact, after I cleared the } INFOMIXSQLHOSTS variable in setnet32, setnet32 did not do any DNS } calls and came up right away. The connect times also went back to } normal. } } All seems to work without the variable being set at all. } } Thanks again for the help } Jerry } -- Ciao, Billy Back at the gold-face in sunny Gauteng... Informix FAQ @ http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html Drivel @ http://www.west.co.za/tasteless/