Re: Taking care of Fail Back in HDR

Thanks. I couldnt believe the stuff i was reading in the manuals. "Art S. Kagel" <kagel@bloomberg.net> wrote in message news:pan.2003.08.13.17.10.04.261687.15473@bloomberg.net... > On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 08:36:49 -0400, Jack A wrote: > > OH! Forgot to mention. You would set INFORMIXSERVER or the > '@servername' clause in a CONNECT TO statement to point to the group > rather than one of the replicants. > > Art S. Kagel > > > > Again this is another surprise for me in Informix that failover is not > > automatic. In fact they expect the application logic to be written > > keeping replication in mind. How crappy is that ? > > > > For all the guys that use HDR how do you take care of the primary going > > down ? The manual mentioned 3 methods : > > > > Using DBPATH > > Changing Connectivity information > > Using INFORMIXSERVER. > > > > Which one is the preferred method ?