Re: CLI ODBC Can't Locate Servicename

Scott Ellsworth wrote: > > This is a newbie question of the highest order. > > Have Informix-CLI 2.5 Ver 2.12.0000 installed on an NT workstation. I can > ping the Informix server, run Informix DB-Access and 4GL on the server, but > I can't get ODBC connection to the server. > > The error is "-931 Cannot locate servicename service/tcp service in > /etc/services" > > Hostname, service name, server name, protocol type all are apparently > correct. I and at one time wondered about the hostname being OK but using > an IP address in place of the hostname yields the same error. > > Anything anyone can do to point me in the right direction will be > appreciated. > > TIA Do you have a "services" file on the NT box? I have not done an NT install, but Win95 needs a file called c:\\windows\\services (no extension) of the same format as an /etc/services file in Unix. The service names in that file must match that used in SetNet and ODBC setup. I have gotten the same error before, and it was always that. -- Matthew C. Reprogle Delco Electronics - IC Integrated Manufacturing phone: (765)451-9651 Internet: mcreprog@mail.delcoelect.com FAX: (765)451-8230