Re: Informix and ODBC
services file is a database to map service names to service port numbers. So, the fact that you have this database on your Unix server doesn't help much the programs on the client computer. Of course, you can use the service number in the SERVICE field while you are configuring the client (ODBC or SetNet) and in this case you don't need to change the \\windows\\system32\\drivers\\etc\\services file. Hope this helps, Octav On Wed, Oct 06, 1999 at 12:47:49PM +0100, Noel O'Brien wrote: > Bashar thanks.. > > a few people have pointed me to \\windows\\system32\\drivers\\etc\\services > > but what has the clients services ( nt ) got to do with the odbc driver ? > > the database server is on Sco openserver 5.04 with SE 7 and > there are service entries here in /etc/services > > cheers > noel > > Bashar Chalabi <bashar@ctl.com> wrote in message > news:vprK3.352$xa4.3805@news.colt.net... > > > do i need to get informix-net, informix-connect , informix client > > > or informix-client-sdk ? > > > > I didn't know i-net still existed. I don't know what Client is. You need > an > > ODBC driver. Connect and Client SDK will give you one, but the latest > > (release 3.3) is only in SDK (release 2.30). You don't need to install the > > whole SDK, just the ODBC part. > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > Database name > > > > > server > > > > Informix server name > > > > > host > > > > IP host name (or IP address) > > > > > service > > > > most probably 'turbo'. Check you \\windows\\system32\\drivers\\etc\\services > > file. Make sure it has a line that starts with turbo (probably at the > end). > > > > > > > protocol > > > > olsoctcp > > > > -- > > Bashar Chalabi > > CTL, London > > > > > -- Octav Chiriac Phone: (373) 2 22 99 67 NetInfo S.R.L. Fax: (373) 2 21 36 59 Chisinau (373) 2 22 84 88 Moldova, Republic of mailto:com@netinfo-moldova.com
Octav, now your making sense to me. i did not realise the clients need service entries locally as well as the unix server. it works now perfectly ! thanks to all for help cheers noel Octav Chiriac <com@netinfo-moldova.com> wrote in message news:7tfjp3$67v$1@news.xmission.com... > > services file is a database to map service names to service port numbers. > So, the fact that you have this database on your Unix server doesn't > help much the programs on the client computer. > Of course, you can use the service number in the SERVICE field while > you are configuring the client (ODBC or SetNet) and in this case > you don't need to change the \\windows\\system32\\drivers\\etc\\services > file. > > Hope this helps, > Octav > > On Wed, Oct 06, 1999 at 12:47:49PM +0100, Noel O'Brien wrote: > > Bashar thanks.. > > > > a few people have pointed me to \\windows\\system32\\drivers\\etc\\services > > > > but what has the clients services ( nt ) got to do with the odbc driver ? > > > > the database server is on Sco openserver 5.04 with SE 7 and > > there are service entries here in /etc/services > > > > cheers > > noel > > > > Bashar Chalabi <bashar@ctl.com> wrote in message > > news:vprK3.352$xa4.3805@news.colt.net... > > > > do i need to get informix-net, informix-connect , informix client > > > > or informix-client-sdk ? > > > > > > I didn't know i-net still existed. I don't know what Client is. You need > > an > > > ODBC driver. Connect and Client SDK will give you one, but the latest > > > (release 3.3) is only in SDK (release 2.30). You don't need to install the > > > whole SDK, just the ODBC part. > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > Database name > > > > > > > server > > > > > > Informix server name > > > > > > > host > > > > > > IP host name (or IP address) > > > > > > > service > > > > > > most probably 'turbo'. Check you \\windows\\system32\\drivers\\etc\\services > > > file. Make sure it has a line that starts with turbo (probably at the > > end). > > > > > > > > > > protocol > > > > > > olsoctcp > > > > > > -- > > > Bashar Chalabi > > > CTL, London > > > > > > > > > > -- > Octav Chiriac Phone: (373) 2 22 99 67 > NetInfo S.R.L. Fax: (373) 2 21 36 59 > Chisinau (373) 2 22 84 88 > Moldova, Republic of mailto:com@netinfo-moldova.com