Re: Trouble connecting to DB using TCP

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------3B99BC6B71D9A126597D2F65 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Art S. Kagel wrote: > > Michael L. Gallagher wrote: > > > > Hello all: > > I've finally gotten my database working...albiet using a shared > memory > > connection. What I would like to do is have a TCP connection set up > (in > > case the server ever moves onto a machine of it's own). I've > checked > > all the configuration files (/etc/services /etc/system sqlhosts.ifmx > > config.ifmx), but oninit still complains that it can't find my > service > > listing in /etc/services. My plaform is UNIX (Solaris 2.5.1) and we > are > > running an NIS+ environment. Anyone have any experience with this? > I'm > > getting a little tired of being asked the same questions over and > over > > again by Informix tech support. > > This stuff works. Email me or post your sqlhosts, ONCONFIG(TBCONFIG) > file, and the relevent section of /etc/services. I'll try to help. > BTW what version of Informix? > > Some hints to try first: > > 1) 5.x needs an sqlexecd process running with the service name passed > to > it on the command line. This is the network listener. > 2) 7.x needs you to use a separate servername for each interface and > to > include the alias servernames in the ONCONFIG file in the > DBSERVERALIASES> line. Then the engine must be shutdown and restarted to recognize the > new services and start up listeners for them. > > Art S. Kagel I'll give you a little more background on what I'm trying to do. I'm using Informix Online Workgroup Server 7.2.2 to try to connect to Netscape Enterprise Server 3.0 using LiveWire 3.0 (javascript extensions for database connectivity). Attached are my onconfig.ifmx, sqlhosts.ifmx, and my /etc/services files (the TCP connection I was using is commented out). Thanks a lot. -- -------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. Gallagher <mgallagh@motown.lmco.com> Associate Engineer Lockheed Martin Government Electronic Systems Moorestown, NJ (609) 722-3279 "Duct tape is like the Force...It has a light side and a dark side and it binds the universe together." -------------------------------------------------------- --------------3B99BC6B71D9A126597D2F65 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="onconfig.ifmx" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="onconfig.ifmx" #************************************************************************** # # INFORMIX SOFTWARE, INC. # # Title: onconfig.std # Description: INFORMIX-OnLine Configuration Parameters # #************************************************************************** # Root Dbspace Configuration ROOTNAME rootdbs # Root dbspace nameROOTPATH /home/ashlea/informix/dbspace/rootdbs # 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 500 # Logical log size (Kbytes) # Diagnostics MSGPATH /home/ashlea/informix/online.log # System message log file path CONSOLE /dev/null # System null message pathALARMPROGRAM /usr/informix/log_full.sh # Alarm program path # System Archive Tape Device TAPEDEV /dev/null # 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/null # 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/Optical staging area # System Configuration SERVERNUM 14 # Unique id corresponding to a OnLine instance DBSERVERNAME ifmx_online # Name of default database server DBSERVERALIASES # List of alternate dbservernames 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 0xa000000 # 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 0x12c # 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