RE: Informix and ODBC

You need to run the setnet32 utility and fill in the following making this the default server: Database: The name of the database you want to connect to Server: The name of the Informix Instance Host: The physical machine name the instance is on Service: Corresponds to entry in services file (see below) Protocol: networking protocol (ie: onsoctcp on=online, soc=sockets tcp=tcp/ip) Then you need to make sure there is an entry in the c:\\winnt\\system32\\drivers\\etc\\services file mapping the service name to the port/protocol. Once this is done, you should be able to fill in the same values in the odbc config and be on your way. Hope this helps. It can also be tricky if you are trying to configure all this logged into the machine as someone other than the person who installed the I-connect. Then you will need to log back in as the original user, and make sure all permissions are set on the registry entries, and that you have run regcopy.exe. Thank You, Nicole -----Original Message----- From: Noel O'Brien [SMTP:noel@paragon.ie] Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 12:24 PM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Informix and ODBC really really simple i know... i have a SCO unix server running Informix SE 722.uc3 and 4gl 7.20ud6 we have nt and 95 workstations that require odbc access from simple program like MS-Excel etc. do i need to get informix-net, informix-connect , informix client or informix-client-sdk ? i have informix-client-sdk installed on NT workstation and tried simply creating a datasource in 32 bit odbc but i am not 100% sure of what to enter i.e. , it wants: database server host service protocol can anyone offer some tips Cheers Noel