Re: dbexport error

From: mars1972@my-deja.com > >In article <8j7u0q$9rk$1@news.xmission.com>, > "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > From: "SC" <simon.clennell@gdbi.com> > > > > > >Reorganised the DB this weekend and had a problem with the Informix >user. > > >When I tried dbexport -ss system I got "Cannot create message file". > Not > > >very helpful. > > > > > >Exported using root with all the correct variables configured and it > > >workedc > > >OK, but I would like to understand where the problem is and how to >solve it > > >for future use. > > > > Informix didn't have write permission for the directory you were in >when you > > ran the export. Just a guess.... > > > >Didn't I say that? I don't know -- did you? (Hint: we're probably not on the same news server and these things take time to synch up... :0) ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Obnoxio The Clown wrote in message <8j8j2l$5j4$1@news.xmission.com>... >I don't know -- did you? (Hint: we're probably not on the same news server >and these things take time to synch up... :0) Didn't I say that?