Can't Insert Record Into Informix

I'm trying to run INFORMIX-SQL Version 7.30.UC10 on RH 6.0 system (P133 24MB RAM). When I do an insert, the system hangs (dbaccess says Running.... but never returns). When I do a select, it works (of course, returning zero rows). When I try do do a dbload of the same one record, it comes back saying it cannot get a lock on the table. I'm new to Informix, so it may not even be configured correctly. Any help is appreciated. Patrick The rest of this post is my onconfig file: #**************************** # Root Dbspace Configuration ROOTNAME rootdbs # Root dbspace name ROOTPATH /dbms/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 mirroredroot 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 /usr/informix/online.log # System message log file path CONSOLE /dev/console # System consolemessage path ALARMPROGRAM /usr/informix/etc/log_full.sh # Alarm program path SYSALARMPROGRAM /usr/informix/etc/evidence.sh # System Alarm program path TBLSPACE_STATS 1 # System Archive Tape Device TAPEDEV /dev/tapedev # 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/tapedev # 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 Dynamic Server/Optical staging area # System Configuration SERVERNUM 0 # Unique id corresponding to a DynamicServer instance DBSERVERNAME binc # Name of default database server# DBSERVERALIASES # List of alternate dbservernames NETTYPE # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype DEADLOCK_TIMEOUT 60 # Max time to wait of lock indistributed 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 vpsto 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 0x10000000L # Shared memory base address SHMVIRTSIZE 8000 # initial virtual shared memory segmentsize 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 markpercentage LTXEHWM 60 # Long transaction high water mark (exclusive) TXTIMEOUT 300 # Transaction timeout (in sec) STACKSIZE 32 # Stack size (Kbytes) # System Page Size # BUFFSIZE - Dynamic Server no longer supports this configuration parameter. # To determine the page size used by Dynamic Server 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 workerthreads ON_RECVRY_THREADS 1 # Default number of online workerthreads # Data Replication Variables # DRAUTO: 0 manual, 1 retain type, 2 reverse type DRAUTO 0 # DR automatic switchover DRINTERVAL 30 # DR max time between DR buffer flushes (in sec) DRTIMEOUT 30 # DR network timeout (in sec) DRLOSTFOUND /usr/informix/etc/dr.lostfound # DR lost+found filepath # CDR Variables CDR_LOGBUFFERS 2048 # size of log reading buffer pool (Kbytes) CDR_EVALTHREADS 1,2 # evaluator threads (per-cpu-vp,additional) CDR_DSLOCKWAIT 5 # DS lockwait timeout (seconds) CDR_QUEUEMEM 4096 # Maximum amount of memory for any CDR queue (Kbytes) # Backup/Restore variables BAR_ACT_LOG /tmp/bar_act.log BAR_MAX_BACKUP 0 BAR_RETRY 1 BAR_NB_XPORT_COUNT 10 BAR_XFER_BUF_SIZE 31 # Informix Storage Manager variables ISM_DATA_POOL ISMData # If the data pool name is changed, be sure to # update $INFORMIXDIR/bin/onbar. Change to # ism_catalog -create_bootstrap -pool <new name> ISM_LOG_POOL ISMLogs # Read Ahead Variables RA_PAGES # Number of pages to attempt to readahead RA_THRESHOLD # Number of pages left before next group # DBSPACETEMP: # Dynamic Server equivalent of DBTEMP for SE. This is the list of dbspaces # that the Dynamic Server SQL Engine will use to create temp tables etc. # If specified it must be a colon separated list of dbspaces that exist # when the Dynamic Server system is brought online. If not specified, or if # all dbspaces specified are invalid, various ad hoc queries will create # temporary files in /tmp instead. DBSPACETEMP # Default temp dbspaces # DUMP*: # The following parameters control the type of diagnostics information which # is preserved when an unanticipated error condition (assertion failure) occurs # during Dynamic Server operations. # For DUMPSHMEM, DUMPGCORE and DUMPCORE 1 means Yes, 0 means No. DUMPDIR /tmp # Preserve diagnostics in this directory DUMPSHMEM 1 # Dump a copy of shared memory DUMPGCORE 0 # Dump a core image using 'gcore' DUMPCORE 0 # Dump a core image (Warning:thisaborts Dynamic Server) DUMPCNT 1 # Number of shared memory or gcoredumps for # a single user's session FILLFACTOR 90 # Fill factor for building indexes # method for Dynamic Server to use when determining current time USEOSTIME 0 # 0: use internal time(fast), 1: get time from OS(slow) # Parallel Database Queries (pdq) MAX_PDQPRIORITY 100 # Maximum allowed pdqpriority DS_MAX_QUERIES # Maximum number of decision support queries DS_TOTAL_MEMORY # Decision support memory (Kbytes) DS_MAX_SCANS 1048576 # Maximum number of decision support scans DATASKIP # List of dbspaces to skip # OPTCOMPIND # 0 => Nested loop joins will be preferred (where@@NL@

Have you tried ontape -a? If the logs are full the system will just sit and wait until the logs are backed up and give you no error. Since you have 6 log files you should see it display logs xxx-xxx backed up. DO you want to back up the current log? Just answer Yes and you should be back in business. Of course you can also keep a tape in your TAPEDEV (which i see from your config file is /dev/tapedev) and run ontape -c (continuous).

That makes sense. oninit has been returning "Logical Log Files are Full -- Backup is Needed." I don't have a tape device though, so can I "backup" right to the harddrive? I did a symbolic link from /dev/tapedev to a file on my harddrive, and ontape -a says: Please mount tape 1 on /dev/tapedev and press Return to continue ... Bad READ/WRITE permissions: '(owner/group) /dev/tapedev'. could not write log tape. Any ideas on how I can do a backup without actually having a device to backup to? Thanks, Patrick In article <20000318095748.08663.00000596@ng-fx1.aol.com>, rexarnold@aol.com (REXARNOLD) wrote: > Have you tried ontape -a? If the logs are full the system will just sit and > wait until the logs are backed up and give you no error. Since you have 6 log > files you should see it display logs xxx-xxx backed up. > DO you want to back up the current log? > Just answer Yes and you should be back in business. > Of course you can also keep a tape in your TAPEDEV (which i see from your > config file is /dev/tapedev) and run ontape -c (continuous). > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

Hi! If it says "bad" permissions, what are they? Try chmod 0666 /dev/tapedev I think one of my servers also worked with /dev/null, you might try a symbolic link to this device too. HTH Michael zzesers@my-deja.com wrote: > That makes sense. oninit has been returning "Logical Log Files are > Full -- Backup is Needed." > > I don't have a tape device though, so can I "backup" right to the > harddrive? I did a symbolic link from /dev/tapedev to a file on my > harddrive, and ontape -a says: > > Please mount tape 1 on /dev/tapedev and press Return to continue ... > Bad READ/WRITE permissions: '(owner/group) /dev/tapedev'. > could not write log tape. > > Any ideas on how I can do a backup without actually having a device to > backup to? > > Thanks, > Patrick > > In article <20000318095748.08663.00000596@ng-fx1.aol.com>, > rexarnold@aol.com (REXARNOLD) wrote: > > Have you tried ontape -a? If the logs are full the system will just > sit and > > wait until the logs are backed up and give you no error. Since you > have 6 log > > files you should see it display logs xxx-xxx backed up. > > DO you want to back up the current log? > > Just answer Yes and you should be back in business. > > Of course you can also keep a tape in your TAPEDEV (which i see from > your > > config file is /dev/tapedev) and run ontape -c (continuous). > > > > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.

> > Any ideas on how I can do a backup without actually having a device to > backup to? You can just make file like /tmp/virt_tape and point to this file in LTAPEDEV param. Don't forget about permissions. Remember, this change takes effect immediately, you have just to restart ontape -a. If this is not a production system, just set LTAPEDEV = /dev/null all logs considered backed up as soon, as they filled. You don't need any backup in this case, but you loose all your logs. HTH. -- ------------------------------------------------- With best regards, Yuri Dovgart SAP R/3, Informix technical consultant, Informix Certified Professional, Senior System Consultant System Architecture and High Availability Systems, 'Telecominvest' company Email y_dovgart@tci.ukrtel.net ICQ 39284285 > > Thanks, > Patrick > > > In article <20000318095748.08663.00000596@ng-fx1.aol.com>, > rexarnold@aol.com (REXARNOLD) wrote: > > Have you tried ontape -a? If the logs are full the system will just > sit and > > wait until the logs are backed up and give you no error. Since you > have 6 log > > files you should see it display logs xxx-xxx backed up. > > DO you want to back up the current log? > > Just answer Yes and you should be back in business. > > Of course you can also keep a tape in your TAPEDEV (which i see from > your > > config file is /dev/tapedev) and run ontape -c (continuous). > > > > > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.

In article <8b444e$gnq$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, zzesers@my-deja.com wrote: > That makes sense. oninit has been returning "Logical Log Files are > Full -- Backup is Needed." > > I don't have a tape device though, so can I "backup" right to the > harddrive? I did a symbolic link from /dev/tapedev to a file on my > harddrive, and ontape -a says: > > Please mount tape 1 on /dev/tapedev and press Return to continue ... > Bad READ/WRITE permissions: '(owner/group) /dev/tapedev'. > could not write log tape. > > Any ideas on how I can do a backup without actually having a device to > backup to? > > Thanks, > Patrick > > In article <20000318095748.08663.00000596@ng-fx1.aol.com>, > rexarnold@aol.com (REXARNOLD) wrote: > > Have you tried ontape -a? If the logs are full the system will just > sit and > > wait until the logs are backed up and give you no error. Since you > have 6 log > > files you should see it display logs xxx-xxx backed up. > > DO you want to back up the current log? > > Just answer Yes and you should be back in business. > > Of course you can also keep a tape in your TAPEDEV (which i see from > your > > config file is /dev/tapedev) and run ontape -c (continuous). > > > > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy. > You need a zero byte file with informix as both the owner and group. Ther permissions must be 660. This would be on the file that you have the link to, not the link itself, if I remember right. Use touch to create the file. -- # unrm / ksh: unrm: not found # man cpio Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

Thanks for all your help. I went the /dev/null route. Works great now! Thanks, Patrick In article <38D5A543.989D3B5A@sqlcanada.com>, Michael Krzepkowski <michaelk@sqlcanada.com> wrote: > Hi! > > If it says "bad" permissions, what are they? Try chmod 0666 /dev/tapedev > I think one of my servers also worked with /dev/null, you might try > a symbolic link to this device too. > > HTH > > Michael > > zzesers@my-deja.com wrote: > > > That makes sense. oninit has been returning "Logical Log Files are > > Full -- Backup is Needed." > > > > I don't have a tape device though, so can I "backup" right to the > > harddrive? I did a symbolic link from /dev/tapedev to a file on my > > harddrive, and ontape -a says: > > > > Please mount tape 1 on /dev/tapedev and press Return to continue ... > > Bad READ/WRITE permissions: '(owner/group) /dev/tapedev'. > > could not write log tape. > > > > Any ideas on how I can do a backup without actually having a device to > > backup to? > > > > Thanks, > > Patrick > > > > In article <20000318095748.08663.00000596@ng-fx1.aol.com>, > > rexarnold@aol.com (REXARNOLD) wrote: > > > Have you tried ontape -a? If the logs are full the system will just > > sit and > > > wait until the logs are backed up and give you no error. Since you > > have 6 log > > > files you should see it display logs xxx-xxx backed up. > > > DO you want to back up the current log? > > > Just answer Yes and you should be back in business. > > > Of course you can also keep a tape in your TAPEDEV (which i see from > > your > > > config file is /dev/tapedev) and run ontape -c (continuous). > > > > > > > > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > > Before you buy. > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

set devices to /dev/null and run ontape command again zzesers@my-deja.com wrote in message <8b444e$gnq$1@nnrp1.deja.com>... >That makes sense. oninit has been returning "Logical Log Files are >Full -- Backup is Needed." > >I don't have a tape device though, so can I "backup" right to the >harddrive? I did a symbolic link from /dev/tapedev to a file on my >harddrive, and ontape -a says: > >Please mount tape 1 on /dev/tapedev and press Return to continue ... >Bad READ/WRITE permissions: '(owner/group) /dev/tapedev'. >could not write log tape. > >Any ideas on how I can do a backup without actually having a device to >backup to? > >Thanks, >Patrick > > >In article <20000318095748.08663.00000596@ng-fx1.aol.com>, >rexarnold@aol.com (REXARNOLD) wrote: >> Have you tried ontape -a? If the logs are full the system will just >sit and >> wait until the logs are backed up and give you no error. Since you >have 6 log >> files you should see it display logs xxx-xxx backed up. >> DO you want to back up the current log? >> Just answer Yes and you should be back in business. >> Of course you can also keep a tape in your TAPEDEV (which i see from >your >> config file is /dev/tapedev) and run ontape -c (continuous). >> >> > > >Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ >Before you buy.