Re: ODBC access to an informix database from WinNT 4.0
Posted in 1997
Topics: Installation, Setup & Upgrades, Connectivity: ODBC / JDBC / .NET
Try installing Informix-CLI instead of Informix-Connect. I have used that to successfully connect to Informix 5.x and 7.x databases. Rgds Alvin In article <348851DA.220@nuera.com>, Jon Gjerset <jwg@nuera.com> wrote: > I am trying to get an ODBC connection to my informix database (v5.04) > from a WinNT 4.0 platform. > > I've installed Informix-Connect, configured the Setnet32 server and host > information and verified that I can get a connection to the server using > the ILogin demo (at least the ILogin demo does not return any errors > when I tell it to access my database), and I get the "Customer Records > Found" window returned. > > I've also installed the Intersolv 32 bit ODBC drivers (v3.01) and > configured a system DSN. This configuration looks correct although it > has not been tested (I have not found a way to do this yet). > > I'm doing my development in Cold Fusion, and in the Cold Fusion > administrator under the Data Sources, I can see that the data source is > available, but when I tell it to verify it I get the following error > message: > > The conection to the data source failed. Check the data source settings > as well any security privileges required to access your database. > > > Can anyone out there provide any clues or suggestions... > > Thanks > Jon Gjerset > Nuera Communications. -- Alvin Koh <mailto:AlvinKoh@WriteMe.COM>